wiLik wrote:...Fix
My passenger wing mirror wasn't folding, well kind of moved a bit and made the noises but wasn't working properly.
So thought I'd take a look at it and make a post about how I did it and how I fixed mine.
You'll need:
Nice selection of screwdrivers
Maybe some superglue (what i needed to fix mine)
Soemthing to cover the surface you're working on to protect the wing mirror
Beer/diet coke
And some tunes help pass the time
Sorry about some of the poor quality of some pics, just used my phone and they looked OK at the time.
Remove door card (opening window helps with this) and cover on the inside of where the wing mirror is attached to show screws. Disconnect wing mirror electrical connector from door and unscrew.
Remove the three screws from the bottom. These might be a little tight as they appear to have been put in with threadlock.
Remove inside screw and peel back rubber cover. Also unscrew the clip holding the cable in place. This will give you more slack on the cable as you can't pull it through with the connector on the end.
Remove mirror by tilting it up and pulling it from the bottom. Be careful, but should just pop out from the bottom and slide the top clips out. Also undo the 3 screws holding the mechanism in place.
Remove plastic cover from the motor end - wedging up the clip inside will help.
Unscrew the two screws holding this end in. You should now be able to remove the innards from the housing, but the cable cannot be removed it seems without chopping. Because of this, use something to protect the housing whilst working on it.
Pop the lid on the motor housing. Start at the end where the cable comes in.
You can now unscrew the motor from the top which shows the gears inside.
You can now inspect the gears inside for any missing teeth. You don't need to do this, but I wanted to anyway whilst I had it open.
Order in which they came out:
Now this was the problem with mine. The spiral gear that's sat on the end of the motor had split from end to end. When the motor ran it just span inside the gear so didn't do much. This is where the superglue came in handy
I slid the gear off the motor spindle slightly and put a little superglue down the hole and pushed it back on. (used a small piece of wire to put it in the hole with.) Be careful not to get any one the outside of the gears as it won't run properly if they're caked in glue
Leave to let the glue cure.
If you don't actually hear the motor trying to run when looking into this problem i spose what you could do is put some power over the motor at this stage to test it is actually working.
Basically now just put it all back together again. Reverse of taking it apart.
Tip: when putting it back together, any screws which were a bit tight to get out, put some copper grease on the thread before putting it back.... you never know, you might want to get it apart again
Any comments/things to add anyone?
