[T3] mirrors...

[Dave Hall]

I just used a NOS mirror (right-hand for RHD) but it pained me to use it
rather than make do with a repair!  Time got too short to try!  

Drilling and tapping are usually the only way to get round the problem - I
guess a thinner screw than normal might work (eg 5mm?), with careful use
rather than the sort of grab and pull that most owners might use.  

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 20 February 2014 14:11
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] mirrors...

On 20 Feb 2014 at 13:27, Dave Hall wrote:

> I've carefully eased the frame away and removed the glass from one 
> where the arm wobbled and fell off through corrosion of the alloy, but 
> putting back a piece of good glass and sealing the frame in again 
> isn't something I've done yet.  I did see a press someone had shown 
> (on Samba maybe?) for doing the similar Type 4 mirrors.

I also have several mirrors where the mirror "frame" broke loose from the
arm, but I haven't figured out a good way to repair them. I thought about
trying to drill and tap what remains of the arm, so I could install a bolt
and washer, but there isn't much meat in that part of the arm, so I haven't
tried that yet.

Do you have a solution?

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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