Took my mirrors off 1000ss ie to repaint as the black stems were really tatty looking. Blowed if I can get the things to tighten up properly. Anything approaching 50mph and they slowly fold back! They've gone all floppy on me !!! Is there something I'm not doing correctly or is there a black art to steadying them. Thanks in advance for all useful replies. conkers
Take 'em off again and tighten the screw up..........or failing that, remove the screw (which is probably a self tapper) then tap the stem and stick a c/s bolt in........... I don't know what the 1000 cc mirrors are like, so I'm guessing at a M4 to M5 tap size.
It wasn't that the screw was coming undone..........it was just that I couldn't get the b*ggers tight enough.....
If they are anything like the carbed SS ones, there is a self tapper screw that tightens the balljoint of the arm into the base..........the arms appear to be either ally or a die cast metal of some sort..........I drilled as far as I dare and tapped it M4 and then used a crosshead c/s screw about 30mm long.........
hi i asked the same question over a year ago and followed the advice of arquebus and it worked a treat no bother with mirrors now they are solid
