Thread: Loose Mirrors
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Old May 23rd 15, 12:45 AM posted to alt.autos.corvette
unclevito
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"Dad" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11:17:41 PM UTC-4, Smarty wrote:
>> I have owned Corvettes for decades, including the C5,C6, and C7, and
>> have not seen this issue before in any car:
>>
>> The outside mirrors on both driver and passenger door will not hold
>> their position when either a door is slammed shut or when a significant
>> pothole or bump in the road is encountered.
>>
>> My dealer provided very little help. They first made the (ridiculous)
>> assumption that the memory position logic was randomly switching the
>> mirrors from Driver 1 to Driver 2, blaming it possibly on some bad
>> electronics they would need to troubleshoot and diagnose.
>>
>> When I demonstrated that the mirrors shifted when the doors were
>> slammed, they replied that this was "typical" and therefore not fixable.
>> Had there been another C7 around I would have asked to see them show the
>> same issue on another C7, but mine was the only one on the lot or in the
>> shop.
>>
>> Mine is a very early production C7, one of the first to be sold, so
>> perhaps this was an early bug, but I am wondering if anybody here has
>> run into a problem of this type?
>>
>> On one of my prior Corvettes, the C5, I did have to remove and replace a
>> mirror, which I did personally, and that mirror had a gimbal with curved
>> arms which suspended the actual reflective mirror, and this gimbal had
>> some sort of linkage to the motor used to position it remotely. I assume
>> this one works the same way, but may have too little friction in the
>> gimbal or linkage, but this is purely a guess on my part.
>>
>> Anybody have any opinions or suggestions? Thanks very much!

>
> Nope, mirrors are just as stable on the '15 C7 as they were on C5 and the
> C6. The '64 is getting a bit loose but it's still and original. I can
> stand some pocks and poor adjustments stability for the price they want
> for new one.
>


Put in some red loctite. That will firm them up and that is what I do with
my 64.


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