Diving in Head First!

kerry

Expedition Leader
Removed the OE mirrors today. I learned why the mirrors weren’t getting blown around as badly as they might have been. Someone drilled through the lower door mount and through the main mirror tube and installed a self tapping screw to hold the mirrors in position. The hole in the mirror tube has worn over the years allowing about 5 or 10 degrees of motion. The main mirror tube has a clamp behind the main lower mount to hold it firm. On mine, both sides, two of the clamp screws were not in place at all.
 

kerry

Expedition Leader
Used some plumbers epoxy to produce a hard surface for the new bolts to tighten against
 

Attachments

  • 0E720FA0-6F0D-4EAD-8213-BC8F9D454A05.jpeg
    0E720FA0-6F0D-4EAD-8213-BC8F9D454A05.jpeg
    1.6 MB · Views: 42
  • ED50BA6D-CF1F-4933-8383-E58A60E0D943.jpeg
    ED50BA6D-CF1F-4933-8383-E58A60E0D943.jpeg
    1.8 MB · Views: 44
  • 52992549-B39F-420D-AC90-98B5ACB5D3CA.jpeg
    52992549-B39F-420D-AC90-98B5ACB5D3CA.jpeg
    1.4 MB · Views: 46

yabanja

Explorer
Removed the OE mirrors today. I learned why the mirrors weren’t getting blown around as badly as they might have been. Someone drilled through the lower door mount and through the main mirror tube and installed a self tapping screw to hold the mirrors in position. The hole in the mirror tube has worn over the years allowing about 5 or 10 degrees of motion. The main mirror tube has a clamp behind the main lower mount to hold it firm. On mine, both sides, two of the clamp screws were not in place at all.
Mine had loose clamps inside when I pulled them apart as well.
 

kerry

Expedition Leader
Drove the truck for the first time today with the new mirrors. What a vast improvement. I hadn’t really paid attention to the wind noise the old mirrors created until I had a quiet ride today. Thanks.
 

yabanja

Explorer
Drove the truck for the first time today with the new mirrors. What a vast improvement. I hadn’t really paid attention to the wind noise the old mirrors created until I had a quiet ride today. Thanks.

Excellent! So glad you are happy with them. Outside of the super singles, I feel they are the best improvement I have made to the truck.

Allan
 

yabanja

Explorer
Completed and field tested the new bumper. Very happy with the result. Ended up integrating the AC condenser mount into the passenger side storage bin. The bins are very useful for chains, garbage, stinky diesel addative, etc…. I see why they charge so much for custom bumpers as it was a ton of work!
e8d3830451db14e55345c4df3cd410b9.jpg

cad1e274dd6af38ed938038db4198238.jpg

a1cca3d67a6fa22841183b6e1b82fa87.jpg

a4068afe580fb61336f545726c377f23.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

yabanja

Explorer
Very nice. I wish my bumper had a vertical mount option like yours and not just the horizontal mount.
It was a good solution. The winch manufacturer recommended forward mounting to prevent stress on the mount bolts. It required less metal which helped compensate for the fact that I built it out of 1/2" thick material. Not sure why more manufacturers don't go this direction.

Allan
 

Wazak

Member
With regards to the to the to the Defender mirrors you can also get an extended length arm which I think originally fitted on the 400 series Sherpa I'll see if I can find a part number for them. I fitted them to aa Defender 90 when I ised to tow a Caravan.
 

yabanja

Explorer
With regards to the to the to the Defender mirrors you can also get an extended length arm which I think originally fitted on the 400 series Sherpa I'll see if I can find a part number for them. I fitted them to aa Defender 90 when I ised to tow a Caravan.

The way I mounted mine utilizing the fuso bracket extended them a bit but more length would be welcome. Thank you!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Wazak

Member
Here's a Bearmach one.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
185,534
Messages
2,875,619
Members
224,922
Latest member
Randy Towles
Top