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Old December 14th 12, 10:04 PM posted to alt.autos.corvette
Ron Stewart
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Default Loose rearview mirror on C6

That should be 5/64" not 7/64".
Ron
"Ron Stewart" > wrote in message
...
> Good news!
> I drove out to the shop that installed the windshield and showed him the
> loose mirror. He took it off the windshield, took into his shop and took
> it apart, took out the bent pins and straightend them. Put it all back
> together and back onto it's mount on the glass. Now it is stable and just
> fine. He told me he has had similar problems with this on Volvos, who use
> a similar design. I told him about one of the guys on the forum who makes
> new pins out of 7/64"dia. drill shanks. He said he would keep that in
> mind.
> I'm guessing the soft metal pins might be needed for safety reasons to
> meet government crash requirements to ensure the mirror breaks before it
> breaks someone's head.
> Thanks for the quick response to my post.
> Ron
> "Unquestionably Confused" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dad,
>>
>> Are you reading something more into Ron's post? From his description of
>> the problem I take that he's talking about the REAR view mirror mounted
>> to the windshield, rather than the side view mirror which is what you
>> seem to be talking about.
>>
>> Sounds like Ron's problem is that the mirror assembly isn't snugged tight
>> to the metal button fastened to the glass. Ron? How about fabricating a
>> plastic shim of some sort to snug it up if you can't get it tight with
>> the hex head screw?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/13/2012 1:44 PM, Dad wrote:
>>> You're screwed. The window man leaned and/on or rotated the mirror while
>>> pushing down on it and sheared out the die casting's snap ring groove.
>>> It
>>> can be fixed by removing it and recutting the groove a bit wider/deeper
>>> and
>>> using a bigger snap ring. Big hassle and may still lead to a new mirror.
>>> The
>>> last C5 I did was not worth the effort (she hit the garage door while
>>> backing out) as it doesn't have enough metal to use 2 snap rings and a
>>> wave
>>> washer that was require. Had to epoxy the top snap ring in to keep it
>>> solid.
>>>
>>> Window service owes you a mirror.
>>>
>>> By the way the other C5 had it folded back and forth ever time it was
>>> put
>>> in/out of the garage for over 2 years.
>>>
>>> "Ron Stewart" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I just had the windshield replaced on my 2005 C6 and now the mirror is
>>>> loose and and wobbles up and down going over even small bumps. The guy
>>>> that did the work did a beautiful job on the windshield but I'm not
>>>> sure
>>>> about his knowledge on this problem. There is lots of discussion on the
>>>> Corvette forum about this same problem. Can any one here add some
>>>> helpful
>>>> tips? Dad?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ron Stewart Santa Rosa, Ca
>>>
>>>

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