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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3373  
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There is a bolt on the bottom of the mirror to adjust the tension on the ball joint.
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24th Oct 2017 11:51am |
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| Coatesyyy Member Since: 07 Sep 2017 Location: Knutsford Posts: 423
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^^ problem solved
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24th Oct 2017 11:59am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17416 
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Depends if the mirror is moving with respect to the arm, or the arm and mirror are moving with respect to the door.
The former can usually be dealt with as noted above. The latter usually requires new mirror arms. |
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24th Oct 2017 12:06pm |
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| Avion8 Member Since: 26 Jan 2015 Location: Perth Posts: 281  
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Just had the same problem on my TD5 110, when passing road trains on fairly narrow roads with 110kph speed limit, so 220 kph passing speed, not only did the drivers mirror fall for over, but the bulkhead vent also slammed shut with a loud bang. Mirror fixed at a service station, which kindly lent me a 5/16 Allen key to do up the bolt. Also notice that my R/H rear mud flap has snapped off just below the bracket! 1955 Series 1 107" Pick up.
1977 RRC Suffix 'D'. 2000 Defender 110 TD5 Xtreme. 2015 Defender Heritage 90. |
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26th Oct 2017 8:15am |
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| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232 
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On some you can do the bolt up to much and put a hairline crack in the plastic body around the bracket inside the mirror which you will only notice when it is under tension. I had this which caused the mirror body to flop down at any speed over 40mph or in high winds. When I replaced it I put a thin layer of silicon around the ball and let it dry. That way I didn't need to do it up so tight.
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26th Oct 2017 3:24pm |
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| roel Member Since: 08 Aug 2009 Location: Lelystad Posts: 2039  
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Problem is solved. The metal bracket that holds the mirror on the ball was more or less gone.
 When I put the mirror in a strange angle I had the mirror in my hand.
I had some spare mirrors so used the brackets from them and problem solved. 
Thanks all. Roel 1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001) 1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009) 2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts. 2003 90 Td5 (2009-now) |
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27th Oct 2017 12:27pm |
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