Broken drivers door mirror (1 Viewer)

Clive and Sally

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Hi all,
My driver's door mirror got hit on Friday evening by a van coming in the opposite direction who took a bend too fast so veered to my side of the road. My motorhome is a 2006 Mobilvetta C class based on a Peugeot Boxer (the model before the 250's)
Basically the cast aluminium arm has snapped inside the mirror casing. This is bolted on to the main arms, so does anyone know if it's possible to buy just the mirror rather than the whole assembly as the whole assembly seems to cost around £350.00. If their not available new does anyone know where I might buy a second hand one?
Attached are a few pictures of the mirror which is a manually adjusted heated one although it wouldn't bother me if it wasn't heated.
Many thanks
Clive
 

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phillipsheila

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Anyone tried that stuff you shine an ultraviolet light on?
 
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Clive and Sally

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Hi Phil,
Thanks for the suggestion but as the unit is 15 years old there is a fair amount of oxidisation so I'm not sure it could be welded. Also as the breaks are right inside the mirror casing I don't know whether I could extract it to get it welded!
Cheers Clive

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Try these they sorted an alternative replacement for an A class Hymer i had wiped out on Skye a couple of years ago and saved me £400.
 
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Hi Phil,
Thanks for the suggestion but as the unit is 15 years old there is a fair amount of oxidisation so I'm not sure it could be welded. Also as the breaks are right inside the mirror casing I don't know whether I could extract it to get it welded!
Cheers Clive
once the mirror glass is off its just a few screws to undo and the two to remove bracket from arm then you can remove the bracket and swap or repair it

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Clive and Sally

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Clive Haycock this was meant for you.
Thanks, I'd already looked at the non electric version of this but unfortunately I don't know think it would work as the arms are only 130mm long whereas the existing ones are at least 200mm when fully extended so I think allI would probably see is the side of the body rather than the traffic etc behind!
 

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Thanks, I'd already looked at the non electric version of this but unfortunately I don't know think it would work as the arms are only 130mm long whereas the existing ones are at least 200mm when fully extended so I think allI would probably see is the side of the body rather than the traffic etc behind!
I don't get traffic behind is your problem its the stuff coming at you need to be wary of 🤣
 
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Clive and Sally

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once the mirror glass is off its just a few screws to undo and the two to remove bracket from arm then you can remove the bracket and swap or repair it
Thanks & I've had a quick look this afternoon but it's not clear as to how the mirror glass is removed so I'd probably end up breaking it!. The mirror housing part is just attached by a 6mm bolt on each arm so if I can source the mirror housing part it should only take 30 minutes to replace it.
Cheers Clive

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Think yourself lucky that it can be replaced relatively cheaply. The ones fitted to our van are £1500 a side and I nearly lost one to a stupid kid on a motorbike recently. If I hadn't swerved into a hedge and taken some scratches, he would have wiped out the drivers corner completely. As it was, he bumped the van with his arm, wobbled and sped off. First thing I checked when I next stopped was for damage to the mirror. Fortunately it was just pushed round and easily swung back to position
 
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Clive and Sally

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Think yourself lucky that it can be replaced relatively cheaply. The ones fitted to our van are £1500 a side and I nearly lost one to a stupid kid on a motorbike recently. If I hadn't swerved into a hedge and taken some scratches, he would have wiped out the drivers corner completely. As it was, he bumped the van with his arm, wobbled and sped off. First thing I checked when I next stopped was for damage to the mirror. Fortunately it was just pushed round and easily swung back to position
Ouch £1500 each!! I take it yours is an A class with the big mirrors like are fitted to some coaches? I agree mine are cheaper especially if I can just replace just the mirror enclosure itself. Otherwise to buy the whole assembly is in excess of £350 to get like for like so it matches the nearside mirror.
In my case it happened so quickly & I had nowhere to go as there was a stone wall rather than a hedge!

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I was looking on You Tube very recently and found a site where someone dismanted the mirror- showing clearly how to remove the "mirrors" sorry but dont know how to link it
Had one of ours similar busted years ago and that was about £200 at that time. Wing Mirror man seems a fair deal
Mike
 

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