Wiggling mirror?

Have the dealer fix it under warranty. They may have to replace it.

 

I don't think it needs to be replaced.... just tightened- if the previous owner kept them folded, I've heard it can eventually loosen the mirror (I looked at a 430 with loose mirrors that were going to need tightenting).

I don't know how to tighten them, but the dealer indicated it was a bit of an effort- involved approaching from the inside of the door and tightening... this could have been to justify whatever outlandish cost he was going to charge for the service, so I'm not sure how involved it really is.

In any case, I don't think you'll need a replacement, but I'm no expert either....

 

I had the same thing happen on my 360 (I'm not sure if they are similar to 430's) I removed the three phillips screws from the bottom of the mirror and seperated the mirror from the pivoting base. Once inside there were two more phillips that were loose. I tightened them up and put it all back together and it has been fine.

 

so.... I've recently learned that my post above is short on facts and long on misinformation.....

my driver side mirror started vibrating a lot, so I had to look into it. The 430 is very similar to the 360 post above.

On the 430, there are three torx screws on the underside of the mirror. Loosen those and remove the mirror to find a couple screws on the inside that can be tightened to eliminate the mirror vibration. I also used some loctite to keep the vibration from coming back immediately. I think the loctite recommendation came from a post on fchat, so this is covered elswhere but I wanted to correct myself in case others come across this post while trying to fix a 430 mirror....

 

This is 100% correct. I did the exact same thing for both of my mirrors. Problem solved.

 

Mine rattles just enough to annoy me. Thanks for the info.

 

My driver mirror was loose and after removing the three screws on the underside, I found the screws holding the coupler loose and missing lock washers. Do you think F does this on purpose? Anyway, an easy fix. I don't like the Locktite solution, so maybe relocate the lockwahers to the screws missing them and then add the easy access lockwashers later. FWIW.

Jeff Pintler
89 348tb, 86tr, 99 360 3-pedal

 

I've noticed both my rearview mirror housing units have some "play" when sitting in the normal position. Unlike any other vehicles I've owned with folding mirrors, they don't seem to "lock" into position. When folded in, they actually seat much tighter. Is the same problem you guys were having? The glass portion of the both mirrors do not seem loose but I notice a little too much vibration from the glass when traveling at higher speeds.The 3 undersurface screws don't seem obviously loose and I don't want to remove them is this is normal?

Thanks-


Rodney

 

Exactly. Same thing on the 430.

 

Yes, locktite is key... sometimes when you try and screw down the screw it's already as tight as it can be. What happened to mine is that when I moved the mirror in and out, in and out to the closed position, I started to wear out the inside thread. It become totally loose, now that I've tighten it back up I only close it in rare occasions.

 

07 430. can anyone tell me the size of the 3 "torx" screws on the underside of the exterior mirrow. I have Euro and US allen wrenches but nothing seems to fit. Thanks

 

Its a T20. An Allen key is no good for these

 

that's what I found out/ Thank you mike32

 

But a set of torx wrenches, cheap enough. The T40 size will fit the battery switch in the front boot