Loose mirror base
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Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2006
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From: Centerville Louisiana
Loose mirror base
I bought a genuine GM right side mirror about 3 years ago well the box was GM anyway.It always had a woobly base well I took it off tightened up the head now to remount the mirror to the car it has slack up down left right I tried a shim between the mirror and the base it won't go down all the way I tried taking a plastic wall anchor to kinda sleeve the cross hole and shim still won't go down enough. It was woobly before I took it off I'm hoping someone has found a cure for this. Shims were a lite SS washer and a lite gauge alumium strip
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,520
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From: Hinckley OH
I made a shim a couple years ago from a toilet bowl shim from the plumbing department at Home Depot. Mine made it a lot better, but not perfect. At least I don't notice the mirror bouncing when I'm driving. I think the trick to getting any shim to work is that it has to be wedge shaped. I believe it was the bottom that had to be next to nothing while the top needed a thicker shim.
Good luck.
Good luck.
