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Fix For Mirror Stuck In Closed Position

BCMiller

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My drivers side mirror just fried itself in a bad way..... Closed!

I have found other posts describing how to fix the mirror motor, but if the mirror is closed whe the motor fails you simply can't remove it from its casing!

The only way I could return the mirror to the open position was by attacking it with a dremel and manually turning the motor shaft (Not the best, but unfortunately the only way I could see). The motor shaft is then geared down about 60:1, so I decided seeing as thou the thing was stuffed anyway I would remove the first cog and manually spin the second. This opened the mirror in about 30 seconds and made it poosible to drive again... :laugh:

Picture attached shows where to cut and which cog to turn.

P.S. - Yes I wil buy a new motor assembly later.

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Why bother do that?

If all you wanted to do was drive and buy a mirror later, just drive without the mirror and be careful?

Or, if you really wanted the mirror to open, since you were buying onoe later, maybe you coulda just ripped it open?

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Why bother do that?

If all you wanted to do was drive and buy a mirror later, just drive without the mirror and be careful?

Or, if you really wanted the mirror to open, since you were buying onoe later, maybe you coulda just ripped it open?

Why not just wait till I kill someone because I didn't see them. Ever heard of a motorbike??

I fixed the problem and won't have to spend money on it until after I do other mods that I actually want to do.

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