Side Mirror Vibration

[mike1224]

rlith, was it pre-wired, or did you wire 'em?

[SComp23]

The way that they connect to the wiring from the truck is different, if I recall you have to make your own connections.

[mike1224]

hmmm, i know that they are useful to have, but how often do you guys use them?

[rlith]

I just used the pigtails off the door harness and the pig tails off my old mirrors to make a translation harness. Then wired the heater element to my rear defrost circuit.

[mike1224]

ahhh problem there, i have no rear defrost (pickup)

[ZL1power69]

my mirrors seem to flap in the breeze because one hole on each side is stipped. any ideas how to fix?

[rlith]

Originally Posted by ZL1power69

my mirrors seem to flap in the breeze because one hole on each side is stipped. any ideas how to fix?

Do you mean the mirror stud on each side? The only thing I could think of for that would be to re-cut it with a die and use a new nut... Or replace the mirrors.

[wolfox]

If you can find it:

I had the same problem with a wiggly mirror, then - someone slammed a car door into it and did me the favor of leaving it there on the side of the truck, dangling by a wire. *sheesh*

I found a special epoxy used for metal-plastic bonding, that once cured will withstand about 35,000 PSI of pressure. This is NOXIOUS smelling stuff, so do it outdoors or in a ventilated area. Glue the stripped studs back into the mirror with this stuff, and let it set for an hour. Once cured for an hour, it's ready to be handled. Bolt it back up. My mirror is wiggle-less and the bond is plenty strong. I now fold my mirrors back daily to keep the idiot neighbors and the freaks parking mud-tired, jacked up monster trucks into compact car zones on campus from whacking my mirrors off. So far, it's held up for more than a year of me flipping it in and back out, daily.

[SComp23]

Buy the 98.5+ mirrors, that is the only fix to this problem. The older mirrors tend to crack on the bottom of the mirror by the swivel. That, in addition to the fact that they are made with very cheap and not sturdy plastic, is causing the vibration. Replace them with the bulky 98.5+ mirrors.

[ZL1power69]

Originally Posted by wolfox

If you can find it:

I had the same problem with a wiggly mirror, then - someone slammed a car door into it and did me the favor of leaving it there on the side of the truck, dangling by a wire. *sheesh*

I found a special epoxy used for metal-plastic bonding, that once cured will withstand about 35,000 PSI of pressure. This is NOXIOUS smelling stuff, so do it outdoors or in a ventilated area. Glue the stripped studs back into the mirror with this stuff, and let it set for an hour. Once cured for an hour, it's ready to be handled. Bolt it back up. My mirror is wiggle-less and the bond is plenty strong. I now fold my mirrors back daily to keep the idiot neighbors and the freaks parking mud-tired, jacked up monster trucks into compact car zones on campus from whacking my mirrors off. So far, it's held up for more than a year of me flipping it in and back out, daily.

i'd like to eventually replace them because the front part of the base is gone on the drivers side. it looks like someone in the past tried to glue them down. thats why i'm not gonna glue them down at this point

[bigry2004]

Originally Posted by rlith

Yep... Have a set on mine with the defrosters on them.

but then again, the triangle piece that it bolts to the body with looks the same.. can you convert the flimsy style mirrors to the double swivel kind?

i wish i had defrosters, i just wipe mine off with the sweatshirt or something lol.

[rlith]

Originally Posted by bigry2004

but then again, the triangle piece that it bolts to the body with looks the same.. can you convert the flimsy style mirrors to the double swivel kind?

i wish i had defrosters, i just wipe mine off with the sweatshirt or something lol.

Nope... The triangle mount is the same shape but you can't swap them with the other mirrors..

[SComp23]

Originally Posted by rlith

Nope... The triangle mount is the same shape but you can't swap them with the other mirrors..

Are you saying you can not swap out the mirrors from a 1995 96 97 with the mirrors from a 99,2000,01 etc?