Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 851 / 888 > Mirror Glass

[aka.eric]

How do you remove the glass from the mirrors?

[philthy]

Easy, just do what I did-

Clip the shed door as you pull the bike out

[851neil]

well a hammer would work

[aka.eric]

Ha bloody ha,bodywork due to go to painters,and I cant see how the glass can be removed,no screw like the 748/9.. mirrors.Any serious offers appreciated.

[Derek]

Are these the same as the carby 900ss mirrors?
If so they are glued in with couple of blobs of putty like stuff. Bit like a sticky mastic. One of mine used to detach itself at the outside edge when the weather got cold.
You could heat up the glass with a hair dryer and slip a bit of wire with a right angle bend at the end of it between the glass and the plastic housing. By rotating the wire so that it catches you might then be able to separate the mirror from the glue.
Can't you just mask off the glass? It would be a lot safer than breaking the glass.

[851neil]

yup, mask em - that's what my painters did when I had my bodywork re-sprayed.

[loony888]

when you mask them, sometimes, when removing the tape it seperates the silver on the back from the glass causing that ugly crinkled looking edge, my painter smeared the glass with vaseline and then when they were done just wiped it and the paint overspray off.