Bmw Folding Mirror Fix

[scottrubenstein]

First side took me a little over an hour, second side was 15 minutes once the mirror was off. Great video. Thank You!

[Ylo]

Had the same problem with my audi a6. It has the exact system. So, thanks! Got mine working again.

[brianoconnor]

Drilling an access hole and adding lube did not work for my passenger side mirror but this method shown did! An alternative to re-assembling by welding is to use a nut, bolt and combination of washers which can be slid off center to allow the wiring to pass through.

[APerformace]

great video has solved the problem, I use a screw cap to be able to always adjust

[goclunker]

Pro tip: don’t break it like i did! Best.video.ever

[hernanundurraga]

A great and detailed video. One point of view to solve a problem!!!

[ElmarPfeiffer]

Great video, helped to solve the problem on BMW E61. Thank you very much.

[florimbaj]

After so long of watching this great video I finally fixed both of mine today no welding though I found the way to use a female spacer fine thread and it worked really good

[Captain-Donut]

Holy shit I’ve been living this for over a year could afford to replace. I’ll give it a shot
Love from the uk

[renatomachado]

Hi, excellent job. I'm from Brazil and I need know How to do The job on VW Tiguan.

[murtazbuskadze]

Everything is clear and the video is very helpful. The only question I have is when you welded the steel washer to the "metal stick", did you weld it in the way it would move or stood still?

[BReal]

Thanks man, i'm gonna give it a try tomorrow, trying not to break anything :P

[frederickstevens]

thank for the great instruction when the weather better my first big job

[mcycleserv]

good vid I have an E46 02 323i with this type of setup but I think the gears are different ..was thinking of repairing the mirror I have but the pivot sleeve I think I would try and replace it with something ..did you measure the pivot pin ...there would have to be something that would take the place of it...or if I have to use existing pivot I might try and solder instead of welding

[slawek]

great work. I am looking for the typical problem with the exterior mirror. everything is shown very well on the video. only what i didn't understand is how did you end up reattaching the sleeve? is it welded or soldered?

[errolgreen]

How did you get the mirror off the base

[DanieleVelardi]

When you close all: you have to solder iron to stop again the spring?

[ojsannals]

Anyone have any more info on how you could use a bolt, nut and combination of washers to make this work if you can’t weld and don’t have access to a welder?

[ToboSwarley]

Hello guys, what dimensions of drill it need to be use?

[scifactorial]

I did something very similar to this. Instead of welding I just took a 12mm alu tube, cut it to size, cut in 2 grooves and used seger rings to avoid having to weld anything.

Mechanically everything went well but disaster struck, im not sure what went wrong, but now my entire window switch assembly is dead, cant open any windows or adjust mirrors. Any thoughts why?

The only clear fuckup I can think of is forgetting to disconnect the battery before cutting the 3 pin mirror cable. Nothing noticable happened during the cut but I have no other explanation.