How To: Repair Vibrating Driver Side Mirror

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  1. JohnnyTightlips

    JohnnyTightlips Motorhead Silver Member

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    On stock motor mounts I had an issue with my driver side mirror vibrating. Once I upgraded to DM PMM and CPE stg2 RMM it became so bad I could not use it. My other mirrors would vibrate but hardly at all. I popped the lenses out "it is held in place by 3 round knob thingies" and used white grease to grease all the joints but that did not fix it. I then popped the back off and found the root cause. The plastic bracket had snapped and was letting the mirror flop around.

    Step 1 - Pop off back of the mirror, the best way I found is to pull out and up from the bottom. See picture for tabs. I broke one and JB Welded it back too.

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    Step 2 - See if your shit is broken , mine was.

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    Step 3 - Smother in JB Weld.

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    Step 4 - Drink beer for 12 hours or go to bed.

    Step 5 - Pop it all back together and relax.

    ps. this could also be an issue on the passenger side "of my best friends ride, tryin to holla at me"
     
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    This is good info as my passanger side rattles bad at higher rooms. Will have to look into mine soon.
     
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    Thanks for this!
     
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    why are you driving your car in a high rise?
     
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    lulz
     
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