Door mirror arm disassembly

[leerandle]

I'm currently trying to strip my door mirror arms as they are badly corroded.

Has anyone completely stripped them down to either powder coat/anodise ?

I've already taken off the door card and removed them off the car (A very well hidden screw in-between the rubber window seal....)

Just want to know whats next before I break anything or try to hard removing the plastic mirror surround or motor etc

Any info appreciated.

[LLaPGoCh]

Couple of detailed threads on how to do it from another member here;

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=16...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=16...

[leerandle]

thanks, I think I was missing the rotation past its normal point of operation to access the last bolt.

I've decided to strip it down completely and give it a bit of a service whilst I'm there (as sometimes I feel the mirrors [motor] struggle to get into the 'parked' position)