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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2008Mirror tightening tips
The passenger mirror on my 97 Ford E350 class C Gulf Stream Ultra chassis won't stay positioned. Wondering if anyone has any experience with these. I don't see a simple straight-forward way to tighten it and looking for advice before I remove the entire mirror assembly. >The passenger mirror on my 97 Ford E350 class C Gulf Stream Ultra chassis >won't stay positioned. Wondering if anyone has any experience with these. I >don't see a simple straight-forward way to tighten it and looking for advice >before I remove the entire mirror assembly. I also have a 97 Ford E350 Class C. If you move the Mirror so that it is against the window and then look at the base end of the bend point, you will see a Hex Hole. I place my fairly large Hex key into the hole and then with a grip plier I turn the hex and tighten the nut as much as I can. After doing this, you can than move the mirror back into the normal position. You should also notice that it is much harder to move back out. I usually have to do this about once every couple of years. Hope it works for you. JB Thanks for the tip. How are you moving the mirror? Is it the long extension arm and you swing it back toward the window or is it only the mirror you are rotating and then pushing toward the window? >>The passenger mirror on my 97 Ford E350 class C Gulf Stream Ultra chassis >>won't stay positioned. Wondering if anyone has any experience with these. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > JB I am moving the long extension and the Hex is at the joint (Bend) end of that. >Thanks for the tip. How are you moving the mirror? Is it the long extension >arm and you swing it back toward the window or is it only the mirror you are [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> JB I think I'm following you, but my problem is in the mirror instead of the long extension arm. The arm doesn't loose it's position, however the mirror does, it won't hold the correct position on the arm. Unless the hex head bolt your talking about in some way also tightens the swivel connecting the mirror to the arm. >I am moving the long extension and the Hex is at the joint (Bend) end > of that. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> >>> JB > I think I'm following you, but my problem is in the mirror instead of the > long extension arm. The arm doesn't loose it's position, however the mirror > does, it won't hold the correct position on the arm. Unless the hex head > bolt your talking about in some way also tightens the swivel connecting the > mirror to the arm. Could you post a pic of your mirror and arm set-up? I think that would help us, help you. Also, are the arms the "break-away" type? Are they positioned correctly in the center of the "break-away"? If the arms are not correctly centered first, adjusting the mirror won't do any good. Hank <~~~a little off center Not sure how to post pic's on usenet?? Yes they are beak-away arms and positioned correctly in the support bracket on the cab door mounting. I put a strip of tape on the arm just to be sure that wasn't where the movement came from and as the mirror gets out of adjustment it tilts to the curb side of the road. On May 12, 6:37?am, "Jeff D." <djdiete...@hughes.net> wrote: > I think I'm following you, but my problem is in the mirror instead of the > long extension arm. The arm doesn't loose it's position, however the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the > mirror to the arm. Could you post a pic of your mirror and arm set-up? I think that would help us, help you. Also, are the arms the "break-away" type? Are they positioned correctly in the center of the "break-away"? If the arms are not correctly centered first, adjusting the mirror won't do any good. Hank <~~~a little off center
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