God, the last few weeks, seems it's been one problem after another on my C5.
Anyway today I'm tooling along, and I notice that my drivers door mirror is practically flopping around on the mounting post.
I pull over, and discover that inside the housing something has came loose that allows the mirror housing to be pulled off the post, and in fact if not for the electrical wires the whole housing would simply fall off the mounting post.
I'm now trying to free the mirror glass from it's mounting mechanism, so I can get behind the mirror to make repairs.
I'm afraid to pull the glass too hard because I don't know exactly what the hell I'm doing.
Anyone ever disassemble the glass from it's mount ?

 

You're not going to fix it on the car. Good write up on this forum. Do a search. Good luck.

Mirror Face Replacement
Removal Procedure

Caution
When working with any type of glass or sheet metal with exposed or rough edges, wear approved safety glasses and gloves in order to reduce the chance of personal injury.






Push in on 1 edge of the mirror face glass tilting the mirror case to allow finger access.
Grasp the glass case firmly and pull the case from the mirror body.
Disconnect the wire connectors from the case (heated mirror).
Remove the 2 jackscrews from the mirror glass case.



Bend the jackscrew over.
Press down on the side of the jackscrew popping the jackscrew from the mirror glass case.
Save the jackscrews for reinstallation to the mirror motor.
Installation Procedure

Caution
When working with any type of glass or sheet metal with exposed or rough edges, wear approved safety glasses and gloves in order to reduce the chance of personal injury.



IMPORTANT
The mirror glass case is not the same for the right and left mirror. For ease of assembly of the mirror glass case place a little white lithium grease on the motor pivot and on the tip of the installed jackscrews.






The jackscrew springs must be positioned down compressing the fingers at the bottom of the jackscrews. Push to install the jackscrews into the mirror motor.



Rotate both jackscrews to position the ball flanges to be inline with the attaching hub. They will then be correctly positioned to the mirror glass case. (This is shown in the above graphic).
Connect the electrical connectors to the mirror glass case (heated mirror).



Align the case to the mirror motor.
With the palm of your gloved hand press firmly on the center of the mirror glass case until the case engages onto the motor.
Push the mirror glass case to the jackscrews.
Right mirror. Rotate the mirror glass case down and press firmly on the lower side engaging the mirror glass case to the lower jackscrew.
Left mirror. Rotate the mirror glass case up and press firmly on the upper side engaging the mirror glass case to the upper jackscrew.
Rotate the mirror glass case and press firmly on the outer side engaging the mirror glass case to the outer jackscrew. The jackscrews will give a clicking noise when properly seated.

 

Great info, thank's so much !

 

Never, never, never ask "What more can go wrong?" Every time I do the car answers me almost immediately

 

"What more can go wrong ?!"

.....You could get into the car and find the steering locked up, .......