Side Mirror Adjustments
It would seem that the side mirrors would be pretty straight-forward. There are actually some fine adjustments which, assuming things were properly adjusted at delivery, may never be needed. My 2006 tube arm type mirror wasn't holding position. The resulting repairs made me aware of the adjustments.
Refer to the pictures in the post below for the tubular arm style and molded plastic mirror options.
I personally like the looks of my 2004 molded mirror, but I have found that the tube arm style mirrors give better views as compared to the molded arm passenger mirrors where the top optional mirror is partially blocked by the closer fixed position to the A pillar.
Everyone should already be aware of the ability to manually (or electrically) adjust the large mirror plates proper. The upper smaller sized optional "Closer Than They Appear" mirrors are mounted to a ball and socket adjuster. That allows some fine adjustment.
Both mirror types have a coarse arm pivot adjustment which allows the mirror to be folded back against the van body. It also has some ability to let the mirror assembly move if struck at slower speeds. The coarse adjustment on both my 2004 molded mirrors, and my 2006 arm mirrors have basically 2 usable coarse stop/detent positions.
Mirror shown in normal out position.
Mirror shown folded in against the body.
If you push on the mirror assembly and it doesn't clunk to a set position, but just slides to another position you may have a loose or worn fine adjustment. Refer to the next post for repair.
So number one on both style mirrors is the coarse clunk adjustment.
Number two on both mirrors is a main pivot long Torx T-40 bolt accessible from underneath. That bolt locks a toothed/serrated fine adjustment on the top section of the pivot.
Looking up at either style arm will reveal the Torx pivot bolt.
That's it for the molded mirrors.
The tubular arm style mirrors have another fine adjustment located at the attachment point of the larger molded mirror to the tube frame. After the plastic cover is removed you will find that adjustment is locked by two Allen head machine screws (5 or 7 mm Allen?).
The Allen screw bracket black plastic cover is available from Europarts. Same part both sides.
So no big news above, but I figured it was worth sharing.
vic
It would seem that the side mirrors would be pretty straight-forward. There are actually some fine adjustments which, assuming things were properly adjusted at delivery, may never be needed. My 2006 tube arm type mirror wasn't holding position. The resulting repairs made me aware of the adjustments.
Refer to the pictures in the post below for the tubular arm style and molded plastic mirror options.
I personally like the looks of my 2004 molded mirror, but I have found that the tube arm style mirrors give better views as compared to the molded arm passenger mirrors where the top optional mirror is partially blocked by the closer fixed position to the A pillar.
Everyone should already be aware of the ability to manually (or electrically) adjust the large mirror plates proper. The upper smaller sized optional "Closer Than They Appear" mirrors are mounted to a ball and socket adjuster. That allows some fine adjustment.
Both mirror types have a coarse arm pivot adjustment which allows the mirror to be folded back against the van body. It also has some ability to let the mirror assembly move if struck at slower speeds. The coarse adjustment on both my 2004 molded mirrors, and my 2006 arm mirrors have basically 2 usable coarse stop/detent positions.
Mirror shown in normal out position.
Mirror shown folded in against the body.
If you push on the mirror assembly and it doesn't clunk to a set position, but just slides to another position you may have a loose or worn fine adjustment. Refer to the next post for repair.
So number one on both style mirrors is the coarse clunk adjustment.
Number two on both mirrors is a main pivot long Torx T-40 bolt accessible from underneath. That bolt locks a toothed/serrated fine adjustment on the top section of the pivot.
Looking up at either style arm will reveal the Torx pivot bolt.
That's it for the molded mirrors.
The tubular arm style mirrors have another fine adjustment located at the attachment point of the larger molded mirror to the tube frame. After the plastic cover is removed you will find that adjustment is locked by two Allen head machine screws (5 or 7 mm Allen?).
The Allen screw bracket black plastic cover is available from Europarts. Same part both sides.
So no big news above, but I figured it was worth sharing.
vic
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