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Adam
10-11-2007, 05:06 PM
Driving down the motorway Tuesday night and I hear a bang all of a sudden from the passenger side. Looking at my mirror the casing was still in place but the mirror itself had flopped down hanging on only by the wires.

A quick diversion to TDR Restorations in West Kingsdown allowed me to have a look at what went wrong and attempt to fix it.....

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/brm_ski/09102007.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/brm_ski/09102007001.jpg

In the second picture you can see a white bit to the right of my thumb, thats where there was a piece of steel had the spring attached to it. After 9ish years it decided to give way under the strain of the spring :slap:

Rather than buy a whole new set of innards for the mirror a fix was needed.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/brm_ski/09102007002.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/brm_ski/09102007003.jpg

The bolt is holding it fine now, was a struggle getting the spring on and required taking the entire mirror apart but its all working in perfect order :D
boogie
10-11-2007, 05:36 PM
Rose say stop going so fast then it would not blow off (the mirror that is) :shoot2::shoot2:

PS still not happy
Adam
10-11-2007, 05:40 PM
Its amazing that such a powerful spring is hooked around such a weeny bit of metal, but now its extra strong :mml:
RoverBoi
11-04-2007, 09:05 PM
had the same problemwith my driverside wing mirror..

wasn't a happy bunny with the price of a new one. lol
Dom
02-24-2008, 01:21 PM
thought you might appreciate this Adam, just noticed it after I disassembled the new mirror to paint it.

Offending part on BRM mirror that broke in your case:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/domosman/Rover%20BRM/brm_mirror.jpg

However, the replacement mirror (from a vi, so odds are it's older) had a completely different (and better) construction!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/domosman/Rover%20BRM/vi_mirror.jpg

Weird, the vi design seems much simpler and cheaper to make!
tom_BRM
02-24-2008, 04:55 PM
Adam,

Yeah, the mirrors are a nightmare to get back on. Mine came apart a few months back when I had a close encounter with a garage wall. Almost lost a few fingers getting it back on.

Tom
Adam
02-24-2008, 07:40 PM
Ooh, how odd they changed the designs so much!
Adam
02-24-2008, 07:40 PM
Ooh, how odd they changed the designs so much!
Dom
02-24-2008, 11:29 PM
It doesn't show it in the photo, but the rod that spring is attached to is actually bent. I expect a similar fate was awaiting that one (and the other side). I just broke it first!
brmatty
03-02-2008, 08:45 PM
had the same with my n/s mirror...used a modified spring from a brake shoe kit...does the job...