Mirror set screws

[freewill2008]

Jerry - far as I know, my mirrors are identical to yours.

Those set screws are a royal PITA when stuck. Along with penetrating oil, I
used heat from a propane torch. This method is not without problems. For the
screw on the bottom, your heater wires travel through this area. For the screw
in the mirror head the mirror glass is mounted with a rubber gasket.

If you concentrate the heat carefully the screw may come loose without damaging
the wiring or gasket.

I had to remove the mirrors and take everything apart. Of course, those
decades-old plain steel screws had rusted so several holes had to be drilled
out, then drilled deeper and re-threaded. The screws were then replaced with
longer stainless screws. New set screws, new wires and mirror glass while I was
at it. Everything back together with anti-seize in the right places.

This job did not happen overnight but the reward has been solid adjustable
mirrors for the past 5 years.

Or, 600 bux or so will buy you a new set of heated remote control mirrors.

Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "jburgessx2" wrote:
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> So, has anyone had to do battle with the set screws on their mirrors? The PO
had the mirrors set to his specifications and it serves my purposes for the most
part. But, I wanted to tweak them and was unable to loosen hex screws on the
bottom or side. I sprayed the set screws with PB Blaster and let it set
overnight. I put a breaker bar on the hex key and was still unable to budge
them.
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> Any thoughts????
>
> Jerry
> 85 PT40
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