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| | | DizzE | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2010 - 19:28 Post title : Loose Mirror | | | Shown the dealer, tightened it myself...Still, wind blast forces the throttle side mirror back. Has anyone added a shim or something?
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| | | daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2010 - 20:35 Post title : Re: Loose Mirror (Re: DizzE) | | | Take it off and pull the little sorta football shaped spacer or whatever it's called out and expand it or collapse it....can't quite recall. hard to explain, but you'll see what i mean once you remove it. I guess you could also say it looks like a little cage, but again, you'll see what i mean
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| | Post edited by daz on 02 Aug 2010 - 20:38 |
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| | | teebird | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 25/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 293 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2010 - 20:42 Post title : Re: Loose Mirror (Re: DizzE) | | | note from other owners: mirrors have fatal flaw in design. mine was TU at 100 miles. dealer repleaced free on presentation to the shop.
there is not a way to tighten or adjust the stock mirror.
POS as far as I can see.
Teebird
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2010 - 21:01 Post title : Re: Loose Mirror (Re: teebird) | | | The mirrors aren't to blame. It's just that little washer thingy i mentioned. Mine are tight as a ......well, lets just say they are very tight. 
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| | | teebird | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 25/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 293 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2010 - 21:33 Post title : Re: Loose Mirror (Re: daz) | | | Daz: the little washer things fall out, are too tight to work well, and fall out when the mirror is adjusted. then it is the mirror, cause the washer things can not be replaced.
we are seeing the same problem, from proximal and distal perspectives.
teebird
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| | | DizzE | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 03 Aug 2010 - 02:09 Post title : Re: Loose Mirror (Re: teebird) | | | From a dorsal and ventral perspective....a tapered, sintered, lube impregnated, bronze bushing captured in the plastic housing. The mirror stem has a tapered part to match. Between these is a corrugated strip of spring steel, maybe 1 cm wide, wound into an exact cylinder. Brilliant! The lengthy bolt draws the stem into the perfect position. And if it needs a bit of careful adjustment it will move on the bushing/corrugation. But, if it gets jacked around by vandals, bushes best friends or various mishap, whoops, (and here is the brilliant part,) It's Broken.
I "Broke" mine changing the risers. What happens is the spring steel rides up in the busing if acceleration forces overcome the bushing friction. Riding up the taper will cause the spring steel to form an overlap and be reduced. Not tight. Now, if we're so smart, why not just make a corrugated steel cylinder and push in a taper. that would solve it. But, mates, we're smart, not #&*#Brilliant.
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