Tobias Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Hi, my door mounted mirror arms are "floppy". The right one more so than the left one. The arm moves back and forth in relationship to the door in the wind. There seems to be a spring inside the "thingy" fixed to the door and it feels as if it should be adjustable. But I have failed to succeed in understanding how. Could anyone please explain how it is done? Thanks Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 on the underside where the arm ball fits in mirror there is a cup & allen socket head bolt. maybe this needs tightening or something has broken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Sorry if I was unclear. It's not the ball to mirror junction that's sloppy, it's the door hinge to mirror arm. There are indents there to allow the mirror arm to stick out approx. 90 degrees from the side of the Land Rover and a few mor eindents furthe rrearward, I guess to allow for pedestrian impact or reduced width on e.g. ferries and such. it's these indented positions that's lost their spring force. Pictures stolen from : http://defender90xs.blogspot.se/2014/10/heated-mirrors-installation.html Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 they just allow the mirror to move when knocked by a tree/bush or pedestrian to prevent injury, don't know if they are adjustable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stvnlswrth Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 How did you sort this? We have the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 New mirror arms. They are neither expensive nor difficult to fit. HTH Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 I haven't solved it. The arms are quite new and has been like this since new. Longer ambulance arms from Paddocks. I am still looking for an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I have noticed that aftermarket arms are much looser than original Britax ones that LR use. Also the Britax mirror heads are made of more robust (probably thicker) plastic. The Britax mirror glass itself is twice as thick too, which makes it more tree-resistant. Alas the cheap ones are cheap for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Anyone know if the ambulance length arms are available from anywhere in Britax brand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Tobias said: Anyone know if the ambulance length arms are available from anywhere in Britax brand? Have a look here http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/10427/RRC8443-EXTRA-LONG-WOLF-XD-MIRROR-ARM.html I wouldn't like to guess the originals of the Britpart item, but would hope that a genuine LR item would be of a quality you would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Dunsfold Land Rover or PA Blanchard should both have genuine stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I found after a while the spring mechanism seized up a little, I spray wd40 into the hole at the bottom and agitated the wing mirror arm back n forth and that seemed to free up the spring and locator thingy, been fine since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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