One of the mirrors on my scooter sags while I am riding, so I have to keep pushing it back up. It's the usual sheet metal ball-and-socket joint, and does not appear to have any way to adjust the tightness. Does anyone have a suggestion that might help? Lok-tite, maybe?
There is a wick and lock product but you better like where you put it.
Wes
My standard trick to increase friction is to peen it with a center punch. You want to get a couple peened areas under the socket.
Karl
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:25:33 -0700, the infamous "Leo Lichtman" scrawled the following:
I tightened a loose joint for a truck visor by removing it and tensioning the spring more from the back with shims. See if you can get to the spring on that mirror or "persuade" the sheetmetal cover over the back to do that for you mit der punch unt hammah.
RTV silicone
Thanks, guys. Several good ideas here. Now I have to decide in what order to try them. Easy and likely to succeed go to the top of the list. Difficult or likely to interfere with others I might want to try go to the bottom. I think I'll try to find Wick and Lock, as suggested by Wes, since these are convex mirrors, so exact position is not too critical.
Gritblast the ball.
"Pirateer guy" wrote: (clip) I have to believe a truck mirror for a semi is cheaper than anything
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah, but I don't think a truck mirror on one side of my little scooter would look right ;-).
Then put on both mirrors, so you can balance it. Of course, a good set of mirrors might be worth more than the scooter.
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Then put on both mirrors, so you can balance it. Of course, a good
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But still less than a squeeze bottle of Lok-tite?
Don't forget horns to match.
From what he's posted here, I doubt he needs horns. ;-)
I didn't know they made reflective Loctite.
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