loose mirror glass

[IB14A69]

I just bought a fzj80 on saturday. The mirros shake/rattle like no other. How can I fix this problem. I dont want to mess with them to much because I dont want to break the glass. Does the glass come out easy? Is there something broken inside that is a common fix?
Can you buy just the replacement glass or do you have to buy the whole mirror and get it painted?

 

[450 Cruiser]

I believe there's a write-up in the FAQ about fixing the shakes. I know I read about it somewhere. Try a search for shaking mirror.

 

[tech_dog]

Here's the fix. You can either do this for about $5 in glue or mastic, or you can spend $300/mirror.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=83177&highlight=shakey+mirrors

 

[GXO]

There are four causes to shakes...

1. Loose housing bolts. Pop the trim on the inside and tighten the three bolts.

2. Loose mirror glass. This can be caused by a few things. The first is that the mirror retaining screw and tabs are not aligned. Get a philips and check the screw in the hole on the bottom. Make sure it is tight...if still loose, you need to loosen this and reseat the mirror on the tabs, then tighten the screw.

3. The other cause of the shake is an unseated mirror housing. If you look at the mirror there are two balls that are the motors which move the mirror. If the mirror is not seated onto these it will shake. Carefully remove the mirror (using the above screw) and CAREFULLY apply pressure to reseat the balls.

4. If the glass itself (not the backing) is loose, you need to reglue it ASAP or else you will need new very soon

 

[stayalert]

I suspect #3 above.

 

[GXO]

Loose balls are often the cause of the shakes

 

[IB14A69]

The screw found in the hole in the bottom of the mirror was just a hair loose on both sides. Seemed to fix it. They just have a very little bit of play now, vrs driving down the road trying to look at a vibrating spot mirror

 

[Nay]

Take a good look at the link in post #3. I pulled my mirror, which had recently started shaking, and just touched one of the "hang tab" brackets and it snapped off.

Good news for me was I still have the piece because I got to it quickly, so just JB'd it back right where it belongs. Pretty cheesy setup for a big bad Land Cruiser to have the mirror relying on 3/16 plastic loop tabs.

Nay

 

[Tool Pusher]

Take a good look at the link in post #3. I pulled my mirror, which had recently started shaking, and just touched one of the "hang tab" brackets and it snapped off.

Good news for me was I still have the piece because I got to it quickly, so just JB'd it back right where it belongs. Pretty cheesy setup for a big bad Land Cruiser to have the mirror relying on 3/16 plastic loop tabs.

Nay

I had the same problem with one of the tabs snapped off at the top. Unfortunately the broken-off piece probably fell out of the mirror housing so I could not JB it back on. Luckily it broke off pretty much straight across so I cut a piece of a nail about the same diameter as the tab piece and long enough to bridge from one side of the gap to the other with some overhang. JB'd that on and it has worked so far.

David Sword

 

[IB14A69]

So I had some tools out the other day just kind of going over the cruiser that I just added to my collection, making sure nut,bolts and screws were tight and I went to make sure the screw in the bottom of the mirror was still tight and opps... Stripped the plastic hole where the screw goes in the mirror, then opps.. the mirror glass fell out where I noticed the one of the plastic tabs was broken but still there. What do I do now? Do they make new mirror mounts? Or do I go buy one of those plastic welders? Any suggestions?? Anyone have a plastic welder and how well does it work?