Another Homelink mirror is loose\falling off\rattling thread
After a few months of ownership my mirror came loose and fell off my windshield, fortunately not breaking anything. I bought the 'updated' bracket kit at the dealership and while it has not fallen off after a year, my mirror shakes\vibrates to the point where it's useless if I have music on with any bass.
Did I get the wrong updated bracket, or is it normal for this mirror to shake\vibrate even with a 100% normal functioning bracket? I really want to find a way to secure this, has anyone figured out any tricks to tighten it up? |
Mine rattles. I thought it was the dash at first, but started to trace it to that. My car is stock, I wonder if the dealer should address that issue as well...
|
Sorry for reviving this, but does anyone have a fix for this? Recently purchased a new bracket after stripping old one (tried removing homelink mirror ONCE and it stripped). Seemed sturdy after install but rattles came back after about 2 weeks.
Thinking maybe I need to glue the heavy bracket to the windshield? |
Quote:
Go to Homedepot and get some flat top machine screws 8-32 X1/2 (nonself-tapping) and replace the 2 self tapping mounting screws. These allow you to tighten the bracket a lot snugger. It may help to also put some threadlocker on them. I had the newer bracket mount and had the same loose/wobbly mirror issues. Swapping the screws out completely fixed it. I may have also wrapped the "U" pin with a layer of electrical tape to snug them up too. |
I bent that U spring slightly inwards (towards the glass) near the legs and used larger screws. That provided a really snug fit, but I overtightened it apparently. With the really hot days we had last week, the puck that is glued to the window fell off. This is a replacement windshield so that may have something to do with it.
Sent from my XT1095 |
Quote:
I followed the method above (except I did not wrap the pin in electrical tape) and viola. Took all of 5 minutes to do and cost $0.53 in screws from ACE hardware. Definitely worth the investment to cure the vibration and save the embarrassment and headache of your mirror falling off the pedestal |
My issue was I was not tightening it enough out of fear of breaking the bracket or windshield. I decided to put some torque on it and it snugged up fine and hasn't budged since (& I used Loctite). I did replace the bracket when I created this thread so it could be a revised version.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
any flat top machine screws 8-32 X1/2 (nonself-tapping). Show someone at homedepot these dimenions and they can help you out. They may look the ones in the link below although it doesn't have to be brass colored. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-...9851/202706223 |
I ran two beads RTV silicone along the side of the bracket. That seems to dampen the vibration even with the new bracket.
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:47 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by
Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) -
vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.