Side mirror a bit lose

**Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:12 pm

How can i tighten the side mirror? It seems to be a bit lose vertically (i.e. with my hand i can slightly move it in an up/down motion).

The only screws related to the mirror seem to be, two underneath the mirror, and three at the inside of the door. But all of them seem to be correctly tight.

**Joined:** Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:37 pm **Posts:** 677

if its electrical, it could be that the part the mirror is held on could be broken from the actual mirror unit, this could make it loose, these usually brake when the mirror unit has been twatted, im not sure on F's but this can happen on some cars.

remove the mirror and have a look inside to see if theres any damaged parts.

hope this helps.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:08 pm

Mine is like that. I've tried taking it to bits and tightening everything I could see but it hasn't helped much.

There is some info on these things on this site somewhere. You could do a search....

**Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:08 am

I think its one of those 'they all do that' faults, worse on the pre 96 models like mine tho!!

**Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:47 am

my drivers 1 is like that 2, i got used to it.lol
the whole mirror its self is loose not the bracket or actual mirror

**Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:21 am

in fact it's the driver's one which seems to be loose...

**Joined:** Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:37 pm **Posts:** 677

[quote="zzoobb"]my drivers 1 is like that 2, i got used to it.lol
the whole mirror its self is loose not the bracket or actual mirror[/quote]

mine is also like this, i was going to buy another wing mirror unit, but if there all like this then theres no point.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:29 pm

the good thing i got from this exercise is that i learned how to remoeve the inner door panel

**Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:05 pm

Every cloud has a silver lining

Side mirror a bit lose

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