Technical Wing mirror won't adjust

[oXRUSSXo]

Hi can anyone help my wing mirror won't adjust.

I have manual mirror adjusters and not electric. The rubber adjuster handle is just wobbling around and not doing anything.

How can I reattach it.

Thanks

 

[Ziggy122]

Can you pysically move the glass by hand?
And does the adjuster then work?

Tbh - if its seized solid - it'd be alot easier to get a working 2nd hand and swapping them over

Getting the glass out if its detached from behind will probably break more then fix

Ziggy

 

[oXRUSSXo]

The glass itself if moveable but it feels as if the stick thing has got detached

 

[oXRUSSXo]

Can you pysically move the glass by hand?
And does the adjuster then work?

Tbh - if its seized solid - it'd be alot easier to get a working 2nd hand and swapping them over

Getting the glass out if its detached from behind will probably break more then fix

Ziggy

The glass itself if moveable but it feels as if the stick thing has got detached

 

[Ziggy122]

I've not had a wing mirror truly apart, to see whats what behind them
You tend to find its like 3 or 4 thick wires that allow you to move in all 4 directions

If for some reason somebody in the past had an accident or force'd it when frozen

it could be simple as a donor one

time to take it apart and find out whats what

Ziggy

 

[oldhammer]

They is on like a metal cable,

once they is fubar,just replace it,

they is cheap to pick up, iseen brandnew ones somewhere on the www, not long back for 17 quid,

 

[Ziggy122]

They aren't hard to remove

I found a thin punch to just gently tap the nuts and they come out

Or as somebody once did - 2 screwdrivers in slots - stick a screwdriver to turn both - GENIUS

ziggy

 

[Col Max Pyatnitski]

as oldhammer says, there are little metal cables, sort of like miniature bicycle brake cables, between the adjusting lever and the actual mirror. On my own Punto, one of those little cables snapped, apparently due to a small spot of corrosion.

I'm sure you could pick one up in a scrapyard, but I ordered one from Shop4Parts. Not sure if direct link will work, but they are under £15 each:
http://www.shop4parts.co.uk/?name=s...99>2003)_1.2_8v_Door_Mirrors&cat=Door_Mirrors

Very slightly different to original (colour is slightly different) but glass/mirror is perfectly fine, and you don't notice the difference unless you hold them side by side.

Full step by step of the replacement process here:

Will take you half an hour tops (if you're very slow like me!). Ziggy's screwdriver tip very good, or circlip pliers would be perfect.

 

[s and b]

a lot of the aftermarket mirrors have strange glass fitted that i find impossible to live with or drive with
for this reason i usually fit s/h ones
Col Max Pyatnitski mentions the difference i believe

choose carefully butterfly

 

[Col Max Pyatnitski]

a lot of the aftermarket mirrors have strange glass fitted that i find impossible to live with or drive with
for this reason i usually fit s/h ones
Col Max Pyatnitski mentions the difference i believe

choose carefully butterfly

Personally, the only difference I noticed with the Shop4Parts mirror I got was the plastic housing being a slightly different shade of very dark grey. Glass was fine (for me at least).

Others may be more sensitive to differences, and any given aftermarket mirror might be substantially worse than the one I got... so the warning is probably prudent.