jeeden
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- 2011 Ford Explorer
So the wife was backing out of the garage and....well you probably know what happened next. Anyway, she stopped the car before it hit the end of the break away pivot, but the mirror glass itself is cracked.
I got home and it was very loose so I pulled it off. Turns out the little white jack screws were the only thing holding it on. The screws had pulled out of the motor housing and stayed on the back of the mirror (little ball ends pop into the back of the mirror). So far, so good, only need to replace the glass. So I took the mount off the back of the mirror and put it back on the truck to test. When I put it back on and used the adjustment in the truck, it adjusted fine, but then fell out. After closer inspection, I noticed there is a T shaped piece of plastic that is on the center of the motor cover that seems to fit into the center of the mirror mount. I assume this is the "pivot point" for the thing and keeps it attached to the motor while the screws move it around. I went to ford and it's $50 for the heated mirror and another $30 for the motor (can't just get the cover). I have them on order, but I'm not totally sure I have this assembly figured out.
On the motor cover, on the upper left, there is a hinged bar that will swing out towards the mirror. It was lying flat when I opened it up. It's not spring loaded or anything and I can't seem to find a place on the mirror mount for it to attach to. Also, if you swing it out toward the mirror it will then come out of the little grove it's hinged in.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I assume many of the newer trucks have similar mounting systems. A search on the net just finds lots of posts about replacing the whole housing, not much on just fixing the guts (I guess not many partially damage the mirror, it's either gone or not).
Thanks for the help.
I got home and it was very loose so I pulled it off. Turns out the little white jack screws were the only thing holding it on. The screws had pulled out of the motor housing and stayed on the back of the mirror (little ball ends pop into the back of the mirror). So far, so good, only need to replace the glass. So I took the mount off the back of the mirror and put it back on the truck to test. When I put it back on and used the adjustment in the truck, it adjusted fine, but then fell out. After closer inspection, I noticed there is a T shaped piece of plastic that is on the center of the motor cover that seems to fit into the center of the mirror mount. I assume this is the "pivot point" for the thing and keeps it attached to the motor while the screws move it around. I went to ford and it's $50 for the heated mirror and another $30 for the motor (can't just get the cover). I have them on order, but I'm not totally sure I have this assembly figured out.
On the motor cover, on the upper left, there is a hinged bar that will swing out towards the mirror. It was lying flat when I opened it up. It's not spring loaded or anything and I can't seem to find a place on the mirror mount for it to attach to. Also, if you swing it out toward the mirror it will then come out of the little grove it's hinged in.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I assume many of the newer trucks have similar mounting systems. A search on the net just finds lots of posts about replacing the whole housing, not much on just fixing the guts (I guess not many partially damage the mirror, it's either gone or not).
Thanks for the help.
