Side mirror vibration anyone?

[Axg1040]

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My solution:

I made a shim out of a Costco Maple syrup bottle.

I used my Weiss snips. Heavy scissors would work. Careful if you use a razor knife.

Cut the bottom out ~3" diameter. Used a drinking glass to trace the circle.
Cut a hole inside this 3" circle, ~2" diameter. " " "
Cut about a 1/2" gap in this shim
Slip it into the offending gap
Use a trim tool or similar tool to fully insert the shim.
Fixed, no more shimmy and shake
Mirror folds and extends with no issue

Barely visible and if it bothers you, a black sharpie with fix it.

You could use a Rubbermaid lid for the material but I used enough kitchen stuff for my projects...I avoid the future conversation regarding "one of my lids is missing".

Any HDPE will work. I'd advise against rubber. To much friction...you want plastic on plastic.

Hope this helps until Toyota admits it's a problem and offers a solution. Dealers will just look at you and likely state "they all do it; it's normal".

Thanks for sharing. Any pics of the repair?

 

[DGK]

This is a wild solution. Wait til i tell my service advisor.

 

[mountaindesert]

This is a wild solution. Wait til i tell my service advisor.

I paid 70k to use Costco syrup

 

[Montana-Land Cruiser]

 

[EOD Guy]

Great solution! I'm wondering if you could remove the mirror and place the shim (think I'd use metal) on the underside of the mount. I've never had the LC mirror apart but other Toyota mirrors have a spring with a bolt/pin/shaft that holds the base and the mirror together. Might be a case where the spring needs to be stretched to apply more tension or a shim to accomplish the same thing.

 

[Montana-Land Cruiser]

Great solution! I'm wondering if you could remove the mirror and place the shim (think I'd use metal) on the underside of the mount. I've never had the LC mirror apart but other Toyota mirrors have a spring with a bolt/pin/shaft that holds the base and the mirror together. Might be a case where the spring needs to be stretched to apply more tension or a shim to accomplish the same thing.

Your fix would be best.

I was looking into a quick fix with as little drama as possible. Trim pieces and my clumsy use of trim tools usually results in broken tabs and the resultant cussing.

A solid Belville conical spring washer or three, used as shims, would likely tighten up the gap. Of course, once you tear into the project, you would be down a mirror until you sourced the correct washer/shim. Possible items: Source for spring washers and Shims

I chose the easy button.


Question: where and how are you accessing the Toyota shop manual instruction and such; Toyota service manual subscription perhaps?

 

[EOD Guy]

Your fix would be best.

I was looking into a quick fix with as little drama as possible. Trim pieces and my clumsy use of trim tools usually results in broken tabs and the resultant cussing.

A solid Belville conical spring washer or three, used as shims, would likely tighten up the gap. Of course, once you tear into the project, you would be down a mirror until you sourced the correct washer/shim. Possible items: Source for spring washers and Shims

I chose the easy button.


Question: where and how are you accessing the Toyota shop manual instruction and such; Toyota service manual subscription perhaps?

Yepper, TIS subscription, $100 for a month.

 

[EOD Guy]

So in Montanna you should have some sort of a Farm Supply store. I often use their machinery shims for larger diameter holes/pins...... saves me from machining them out of solid stock.

 

[EOD Guy]

This is the interior pin for the Taco mirror when I added a auto folding Mod to it.
The spring is on the other side of the sliver washer/keeper.

Me, I'd try and stretch the spring 1st, before I added shims

 

[lcq]

Great solution! I'm wondering if you could remove the mirror and place the shim (think I'd use metal) on the underside of the mount. I've never had the LC mirror apart but other Toyota mirrors have a spring with a bolt/pin/shaft that holds the base and the mirror together. Might be a case where the spring needs to be stretched to apply more tension or a shim to accomplish the same thing.

@EOD Guy Do you happen to have the glass removal procedure? It says click here in the pdf, and was hoping there is more detail on how the trim tabs hold it the glass on specifically. I've pulled/pushed/pried on it in a few directions but am nervous to break a tab.

 

[EOD Guy]

@EOD Guy Do you happen to have the glass removal procedure? It says click here in the pdf, and was hoping there is more detail on how the trim tabs hold it the glass on specifically. I've pulled/pushed/pried on it in a few directions but am nervous to break a tab.

The glass has plastic tabs/mount glued to the back. If you tilt the mirror upward as far as it'll go and look into the wider part, you can kind of see them. The mirror back is held into the tilt plate by friction and so no way to disengage the tabs. So ya gotta pry it off in a specific sequence.

It's kinda of scary the 1st time and NEVER use a metal prybar!

 

[EOD Guy]

Are you planning on trying to shim the pivot point? If so you shouldn't have to remove the glass, once you unbolt it from the door the keeper should be right there.

 

[lcq]

Thanks for those details. Hmm, I don't see the sequence you mentioned in the pdf's. Did you have to learn by peeking through the gap? I'm exploring adding a heated mirror glass for my 1958. Was hoping to access what the wire harness looks like with the glass removed.

 

[EOD Guy]

Thanks for those details. Hmm, I don't see the sequence you mentioned in the pdf's. Did you have to learn by peeking through the gap? I'm exploring adding a heated mirror glass for my 1958. Was hoping to access what the wire harness looks like with the glass removed.

Sorry, some how that PDF didn't upload, it's on Pg2

 

[lcq]

Sorry, some how that PDF didn't upload, it's on Pg2

Thank you!

 

[daywick]

Thanks for those details. Hmm, I don't see the sequence you mentioned in the pdf's. Did you have to learn by peeking through the gap? I'm exploring adding a heated mirror glass for my 1958. Was hoping to access what the wire harness looks like with the glass removed.

I am also looking into this option. Being east coast and with the 1958 NOT having heat mirrors was overlooked at the start. Did you have any success in seeing if truck is pre-wired for heated and can swap out the glass?

 

[Dusty1]

I am interested too in possibly adding heated mirrors on my 1958. Shame they were left out! Seems a small oversight by Toyota.

 

[lcq]

I am also looking into this option. Being east coast and with the 1958 NOT having heat mirrors was overlooked at the start. Did you have any success in seeing if truck is pre-wired for heated and can swap out the glass?

No success. It wasn’t prewired to the mirror glass area. One would have to dig deeper into the door and mirror harnesses. I haven’t gotten to it yet.

Here’s another thread on it to keep an eye on.

1958 adding defrosters on mirrors

Anyone knows if the 1958 comes prewired for side mirror defrosters ? I plan on adding them since I live in the Northeast. Thanks

www.landcruiserforum.com

 

[APIOQM]

Does anyone know if the mirror housing angle can be adjusted? I recently learned that the default angle of the driver and passenger mirror housings are different. The passenger side is angled more toward the vehicle, making it more aerodynamic. This is why there's less of an issue with wind noise and vibration on the passenger side. I'm wondering if the drivers side can be adjusted to a similar angle, assuming the glass can still be angled to provide a good view.

 

[EOD Guy]

Not sure on the LC, but on the Tacoma mirror there is a shoulder on the pivot shaft that has, what I call a spring loaded detent. The pivot shaft is held together by a locking collar held under heavy spring tension.