I've got a droopy one!
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Mirror that is! 
My drivers side door mirror (later Chim type with rubber rings round it) is not lose, but drooping downwards and I'd like to straighten it up.
I have a copy of the 'bible' which mentions a alan key type grub screw - but I can't see it.
Firstly, is this what I should be looking for?
Secondly, where the heck is it?
Anyone had to do this (from what I gather it happens a lot, so someone must have).
My drivers side door mirror (later Chim type with rubber rings round it) is not lose, but drooping downwards and I'd like to straighten it up.
I have a copy of the 'bible' which mentions a alan key type grub screw - but I can't see it.
Firstly, is this what I should be looking for?
Secondly, where the heck is it?
Anyone had to do this (from what I gather it happens a lot, so someone must have).
pstruck said:
Mirror that is!
My drivers side door mirror (later Chim type with rubber rings round it) is not lose, but drooping downwards and I'd like to straighten it up.
I have a copy of the 'bible' which mentions a alan key type grub screw - but I can't see it.
Firstly, is this what I should be looking for?
Secondly, where the heck is it?
Anyone had to do this (from what I gather it happens a lot, so someone must have).
50mg of Viagra should do the trick........
Dr. Wacky.
- no probs in that department!The bottom of the whole mirror assmebly itself has a large threaded section that goes into the door and there is a big threaded "nut" glassed into the door to hold it in place (with about a 20mm centre thread). the grub screw that is mentioned is a part of the mirror tripod that sets the mirror angle by locking the the mirror tripod (the bit that goes up towards the glass) against a "collar" section that screws into the 20mm threaded "nut" glassed into the door.
On the chimaera (and it is probably the case on the S) you can't see the grub screw as the "collar" is recessed into the door. However I found that if I got hold of the whole lot (mirror & stem) I could unscrew the mirror from the car door by rotating it anticlockwise.. it only just fitted past the windscreen pillar mind you.
Once it is unthreaded a bit, you will be able to see the grub screw, and can undo it. In your case all you need to do is undo it, rotate the mirror head and tripod section around the collar a few degrees to a position where you think the mirror will sit at the right angle again, tighten up the grub screw (tight!), then wind the whole mechanism back into the door again. With a bit of trial and error you will find the spot where the mirror tightens into the door body, at the right angle to function properly.
A note about wiring (assuming its the same as the chimaera).. you will need to remove the door speaker and undo the cable clip holding the wires to the electric morror control to the rest of the loom, that way the cable can spin around as you undo the morror from the door. If you don't do this all you will do is twist up this cable and break something.
Cheers
Matt.
On the chimaera (and it is probably the case on the S) you can't see the grub screw as the "collar" is recessed into the door. However I found that if I got hold of the whole lot (mirror & stem) I could unscrew the mirror from the car door by rotating it anticlockwise.. it only just fitted past the windscreen pillar mind you.
Once it is unthreaded a bit, you will be able to see the grub screw, and can undo it. In your case all you need to do is undo it, rotate the mirror head and tripod section around the collar a few degrees to a position where you think the mirror will sit at the right angle again, tighten up the grub screw (tight!), then wind the whole mechanism back into the door again. With a bit of trial and error you will find the spot where the mirror tightens into the door body, at the right angle to function properly.
A note about wiring (assuming its the same as the chimaera).. you will need to remove the door speaker and undo the cable clip holding the wires to the electric morror control to the rest of the loom, that way the cable can spin around as you undo the morror from the door. If you don't do this all you will do is twist up this cable and break something.
Cheers
Matt.
There's a very small scratch on the door already... I guess this is a previous owners attempts to tighten the mirror. (still haven't spotted that grub screw though!)
Also just found a cut off allan key tucked away in the centre pocket. I vaguely remember Ren Dao mentioning this when I picked the car up. Probably too excited at the time for it to really have registered.
Will have a go this weekend. Sunday sounds like it's going to be dry, so hopefully get it sorted, wash the car, then roof off and out for a blast.
(still haven't spotted that grub screw though!) Also just found a cut off allan key tucked away in the centre pocket. I vaguely remember Ren Dao mentioning this when I picked the car up. Probably too excited at the time for it to really have registered.
Will have a go this weekend. Sunday sounds like it's going to be dry, so hopefully get it sorted, wash the car, then roof off and out for a blast.
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