I want to get to the motor and gears of the passenger side mirror. Do you have to remove the door panel and mirror housing or can you just POP off the mirror?

Thanks,
rr

 

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

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.

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.

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Document ID# 657162
2003 Chevrolet Corvette


Hope this helps

 

WOW helps a lot. Thanks for the complete procedure.
rr

 

No problem...hope it works. Never have done it myself, just saw your note, and took the info straight out of the service manual. Good Luck!

 

i wouldn't do the above

do a search under my name in c5tech, I found some good info a few months ago; did NOT try myself yet.....

often times the GM way results in a broken mirror