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Originally posted by Mad Dog Bianchi
Still need to get the mirror taken care of. Wonder how the thing fits together if there is only one spring?? |
It just so happens that I have my right hand mirror on my desk in front of me while I wait for it's fresh paint to harden.
There is only one spring. If the mirror popped off it's spring while it was still on the bike, you'll most likely still have the mirror mount bolted onto the bike. You'll need to take bits of the inner fairing off to get to the bolts, undo them and take it off.
You should now be holding a small casting that fits inside the plastic mirror stalk, it has a square hole with a bar going across it. The spring runs down the inside of the forward facing 'leg' of the mirror stalk, so basically you need to push the casting back into the mirror stalk and persuade the end of the spring back over that bar. If you double a piece of string or a thin bit of wire through the spring hook then through the hole in the casting before you fit the casting back into the mirror, you should just be able to pull the string and pop the spring back into place. Since you won't need to tie the string through the spring hook, just letting go of one end of it should let you pull the string out leaving you with a mirror that's all ready to bolt back on the bike.
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