jwulf74
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Sounds like several of us are working on options which is great.
I had a tab inside the mirror break thus allowing too much flex so no matter what, you can't get enough force applied to make it clip even with a brand new clip. As a temp fix, I took one of the keyhole type mounts (the one from the top of the mirror) and flipped it over an mounted it in the hole where the metal clip style goes. So both mounts towards the mirror glass are now keyholes. For the front mount (my now weak one) I took the metal spring out, trimmed some plastic to mimic a keyhole and mounted that in the mirror.
Now the mirror essentially has 3 keyhole style and no metal springs.
To keep it from bouncing off, I used some pipe hanger strapping and used one of the puck mount screws to secure the strap to the mirror. Then I formed the strap aroung the edge of the mirror and ran it off the bottom.
Then, I mounted the mirror which basically just slides onto the mounting pegs now and ran the strap down under the air deflector and used the top bolt of the deflector to secure the strap. Since the strap is thin metal it is really flexible and tucked behind really easy. You can barely tell it is there unless you know to look for it.
To get the mirror off, I just have to take the deflector off and lift the mirror off. No more having to get rough with it. :yes:
The nice thing is that I still have the plastic puck in place so it anything hits it, those are still the main fail points as designed.
That was basically a proof of concept for me. The next step is to make some proper plastic pucks. I don't think a 3D printer would make strong enough parts so a mill might be necessary...I have a buddy with one so I might enlist his help.
I had a tab inside the mirror break thus allowing too much flex so no matter what, you can't get enough force applied to make it clip even with a brand new clip. As a temp fix, I took one of the keyhole type mounts (the one from the top of the mirror) and flipped it over an mounted it in the hole where the metal clip style goes. So both mounts towards the mirror glass are now keyholes. For the front mount (my now weak one) I took the metal spring out, trimmed some plastic to mimic a keyhole and mounted that in the mirror.
Now the mirror essentially has 3 keyhole style and no metal springs.
To keep it from bouncing off, I used some pipe hanger strapping and used one of the puck mount screws to secure the strap to the mirror. Then I formed the strap aroung the edge of the mirror and ran it off the bottom.
Then, I mounted the mirror which basically just slides onto the mounting pegs now and ran the strap down under the air deflector and used the top bolt of the deflector to secure the strap. Since the strap is thin metal it is really flexible and tucked behind really easy. You can barely tell it is there unless you know to look for it.
To get the mirror off, I just have to take the deflector off and lift the mirror off. No more having to get rough with it. :yes:
The nice thing is that I still have the plastic puck in place so it anything hits it, those are still the main fail points as designed.
That was basically a proof of concept for me. The next step is to make some proper plastic pucks. I don't think a 3D printer would make strong enough parts so a mill might be necessary...I have a buddy with one so I might enlist his help.
