Body/Trim: 70: Should the mirrors fold

[Bob Meadows]

If you have the time then I wouldn’t think dismantling the mirrors would be that difficult- manual will be a good guide- worth having the folding action I think, once you can see the problem then the work may not be so great?
Good luck
Bob

[clandyuk]

Originally Posted by CCFMJL

Well I've put wd in since I last posted, there's no way they are budging, it started coming away from the door frame. Think I will just need to be content that they won't move.

Had exactly the same problem myself and (to my regret) I did force it after liberally spraying all sorts of release liquids in. It popped into the folded position but when rotated back it became all floppy in the normal position.
Having removed and dismantled the mirror completely, I can tell you that it won't do any good as the "mechanism" is just a big spring inside. There must be some sort of detent under the mirror that is overcome when folding, but I couldn't see anything obvious. You cannot separate the mirror spring as the pivot in the casing is pressed in and peened over.
What I have done (and it seems to have worked) is wrap some thinnish cord around the casing pivot and it no longer flops in the normal position. Whether it'll be a long term fix only time will tell.
One thing that occurs to me as I write this is if you can exert some upward pressure (against the internal spring) it'll possibly reduce the friction on the stuck detent under the mirror to break or lessen the "grunge" hold.
Good luck.