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308 QV Side View Mirror Issue

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  1. Labman

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    #1 Labman, Aug 10, 2018
    Anyone have any experience with a side view mirror (US version) that gets stuck in one position when trying to adjust it electrically? I guess it's a stripped gear maybe. How do I access it?
     
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    #2 dinoart, Aug 10, 2018
    There is a set QV side mirrors for sale in the classified section for 2K.
     
  3. FrannyB

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    #3 FrannyB, Aug 10, 2018
    Wasn't/isn't it a regulation that they can be adjusted manually too? I think the gear drives have a loose train with rounded gears so you can pustthem into position by hand. Can you "help" it along when you try the switch? Maybe there is just a flat spot in the gear?
     
  4. Labman

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    #4 Labman, Aug 12, 2018
    Yes. I can manually adjust without a problem. But I would like to make then operate the way they should. Has anyone attempted to service the gear(s)?


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    #5 Labman, Aug 21, 2018
    No one has had this issue besides me? :(
    I guess I'm gong to try to pry off the mirror and see if I can get to the gears.
     
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    #6 miketuason, Aug 21, 2018
    Steve, do you hear the motor running while trying to adjust the mirror except the mirror is not moving?
     
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    #7 Labman, Aug 21, 2018
    Yes. Motor runs fine but mirror goes up and down but struggles and skips from side to side. Sounds like a stripped gear. I’m just wondering how to get to it without removing the whole assembly.


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    #8 miketuason, Aug 21, 2018
    Is yours a Euro or a US model?
     
  9. Labman

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    #9 Labman, Aug 21, 2018
    US model.


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  10. FrannyB

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    #10 FrannyB, Aug 21, 2018
    Sorry, our car has the euro mirrors... There were mirrors from that period that had a round disk on the back that when rotated would release the actual mirror. Can you get a look behind it at all? If I remember correctly, the 86 911 "Flag" mirrors have four posts that sit in receivers. Not difficult to get out.

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    #11 DINKFerrariOwner, Aug 22, 2018
    Hey Steve

    Sorry to hear that. Mine work but they do kind of skip kind of like the gears are starting to strip. i would be curious to see what you find out in the end on this thread.
     
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    #12 thorn, Aug 22, 2018
    I could give you some Euro mirror tips, but sadly I know nothing about US mirrors. Except that they reflect stuff.
     
  13. Labman

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    #13 Labman, Aug 27, 2018
    I thought I would get a lot of responses about this here. Power side mirrors have to be an issue with someone else besides me!. I'm entering my car in an FCA concours and I need to get this mirror working properly for the Coppa Bella Macchina. I'm afraid to pry the mirror out and breaking it but I don't see any other way it will come out. Again it has power and motor working properly. It's just the side to side where it skips and gets stuck.
     

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