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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981  
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My door mirrors became floppy (please no innuendos) so I fitted new ones from Bearmach, but the new ones are floppy. Is there an adjustment? Here is a link:
https://bearmach.com/mirror-arm-long-260mm...a-rrc8443r Peter |
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26th Sep 2018 6:02pm |
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| OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 822 
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Have you tried the blue pill?
Is it the arm or the mirror drooping? If its the mirror just check the rubber washer and tighten the hex screw. I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/ Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html  |
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26th Sep 2018 6:11pm |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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Its where the arm meets the door hinge. I'm mystified.
Peter |
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26th Sep 2018 6:27pm |
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| OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 822
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The mounting is drooping or the arm is deforming? I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/
Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html |
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26th Sep 2018 6:35pm |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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When you turn the arm to adjust it for how far out it is, the arm clicks over to the position. My one does this but there is a lot of movement back and forth. So it wobbles when moving. Peter
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26th Sep 2018 6:42pm |
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| Mo Murphy Member Since: 01 Jun 2008 Location: Letchworth Garden City, Herts Posts: 2227 
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I always helicoil new mirror arms with a M6 coil. It's stronger and a lot less faff !
Mo The Land Rover 90 - Many are called, few are chosen. 50 Shades of Pennine Grey |
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26th Sep 2018 8:38pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I replaced the Land Rover standard arms with the same companies extended arms some years ago. When parking in carparks the arms were folded in so as not to annoy the drivers of adjacent vehicles, after two months the arms just swung about in the breeze and were totally useless, I replaced them with genuine Land Rover extended arms . On comparing the two products it was easy to see why the copy's failed , the spring had no resistance to inline pressure and the material was only half the thickness of the genuine item.
I took the faults up with the company only to be told that the arms were not designed to be folded in. The current genuine set have last 5 years, with the larger mirror heads and have not showed any sign of deterioration of the spring and still hold firm even when blasted by the pressure wave of oncoming HGV'S. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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27th Sep 2018 10:15am |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410
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Complete unrelated to door mirrors, but thank you Mo. I was desperately trying to remember the name "Helicoil"... I would like to use them to repair the thread hole the bolt that fixes the TD5 engine sound proof cover in place. One of those I will get around to it jobs that the vehicle came with.  |
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27th Sep 2018 10:37am |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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Any chance you know the part number for the Land Rover Wolf extended arms? Peter
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27th Sep 2018 11:22am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17384 
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You may also want to check out "Timesert" threaded inserts, which are similar but often rather more satisfactory. A Helicoil will probably be quite sufficient for the purpose you mention, although if the holes are shallow and blind (and I can't remember how deep they are for the TD5 acoustic cover) you may need to get hold of a bottoming tap of the appropriate size. Watch out also for the swarf blocking the hole when tapping blind holes. A job which has been on the "when I get around to it" list for several years now is to fit Timeserts to the holes for the front branch of the exhaust manifold in the head of my 2.4. |
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27th Sep 2018 11:30am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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I got mine from Dan @ Duckworths as all the others advertised were copies. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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28th Sep 2018 10:42am |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
RRC8443 |
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28th Sep 2018 11:46am |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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Cheers, BTW will standard mirrors fit? Peter
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28th Sep 2018 11:48am |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410
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Never heard of Timeserts so thanks  IIRC the hole in the head is threaded only part of the way with a non-threaded void at the rear. So a standard tap should do the job. Have to confess I cannot remember off hand how much material there is to "play with" around the hole...
The other "when I get around to it" job is the captive nut on the fuel heater for the acoustic cover... Not a happy thread in that...  It is endless... |
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28th Sep 2018 11:53am |
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