968 Teardrops I have broken it

[Lemon]

HI all

I recently fitted some 968 Teardrops to my car.
I twisted the mirror forward today to clean round it and "SNAP"[]
It is now all lose and not sure what I have done.
Any ideas how to fix it?

Cheers

Lee

 

[Nouveau]

Now I know why I stuck with Flags....Easier/Cheaper to replace

 

[berg944]

It might be the nut come off the bottom, it is under tension from the spring.

My lux did this because it had not been tightened properly, because it needs a socket.

How do you get a socket on it when the loom goes through the middle.......

If you come round I will show you.

Mike

 

[Lemon]

ORIGINAL: berg944

It might be the nut come off the bottom, it is under tension from the spring.

My lux did this because it had not been tightened properly, because it needs a socket.

How do you get a socket on it when the loom goes through the middle.......

If you come round I will show you.

Mike

Cheers Mike

When you around

 

[Lemon]

Worked out why the mirror spun round and off its housing, thanks Mike []

I have had to order new bolts and the washers that allow it all to move freely which were missing, which is why it all popped off.

Has anybody effectively managed to get the spring compressed to reseat the mirror housing onto the bases.

Any tips? Or is it just brute force. You had better eat some extra weetabix this week Mike []

Any help appreciated

 

[hotblack944]

ORIGINAL: Lemon
Has anybody effectively managed to get the spring compressed to reseat the mirror housing onto the bases.

Have a look here.

 

[tim_haskins]

Thats how i did mine it works a treat!

 

[Lemon]

ORIGINAL: hotblack944

ORIGINAL: Lemon
Has anybody effectively managed to get the spring compressed to reseat the mirror housing onto the bases.

Have a look here.

Thanks for that Jim this will come in very helpfull []

 

[hotblack944]

I found all the bits at B'n'Q, except for the #0 screw eye. I substituted this with a towel rail bracket which was a tad small in diameter, until I Dremeled a cut in it and bent it open a tad (this helps anyway as you can then see inside how far the spring is compressed). I also had to grind a bit off the nut so it would fit inside one of the mirror housings. I then had to cut a nut in half (to make a thin nut) so it would fit in the other mirror housing (the mirror carriers were slightly different).

Reading all that, putting the 14mm hex head in the vice, pushing and twisting sounds much simpler. The spring is pretty strong though...

 

[Lemon]

ORIGINAL: hotblack944

I found all the bits at B'n'Q, except for the #0 screw eye. I substituted this with a towel rail bracket which was a tad small in diameter, until I Dremeled a cut in it and bent it open a tad (this helps anyway as you can then see inside how far the spring is compressed). I also had to grind a bit off the nut so it would fit inside one of the mirror housings. I then had to cut a nut in half (to make a thin nut) so it would fit in the other mirror housing (the mirror carriers were slightly different).

Reading all that, putting the 14mm hex head in the vice, pushing and twisting sounds much simpler. The spring is pretty strong though...

Cheers for pointing me in right direction to web page.

Mirror back together with new washers which were missing and new bolt.

Now spins freely without pinging off.

 

[hotblack944]

So.... how did you get it back together again?

 

[Lemon]

ORIGINAL: hotblack944

So.... how did you get it back together again?

Used the threaded bar with different size washers as per the web page you sent.

Compressed spring slight turn of whole assembly and it popped back into place.[]

Got new bolts and washers for other side as I am guessing the same will happen to that side too, but I will wait for a day when I am truelly bored for that one.