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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