Installed door mounted side mirrors.

[pueblogary]

I installed door mounted side mirrors yesterday. It was pretty straightforward, but I have a suggestion to offer:
I found that the internal nuts weren’t exactly inline with the dimples for the pilot holes. So when using a 7/8” hole saw, the arbor bit actually damages some of the threads of the internal nuts.
Therefore, after drilling the 1/4” pilot holes, only use the arbor bit of the hole saw enough to start cutting the 7/8” hole. Then remove the arbor bit and finish cutting the those holes.

 

[Wavewackers]

Good info thanks for sharing!

 

[gdh]

Thanks for the info. just got the Mirrors and will be installing this week.

 

[pueblogary]

Thanks for the info. just got the Mirrors and will be installing this week.

Also, before I started with the hole saw, I used a washer to shorten the depth of the arbor bit.

 

[gdh]

Thanks for the washer spacer. That helped to prevent damage to the threads. Only small issue was the stick on seal rubbed off when sliding mirror on. So I used some blacck RTVsealant to seal top on sides only. Left the bottom unsealed incase it leaks , water can then get out.

 

[pueblogary]

Thanks for the washer spacer. That helped to prevent damage to the threads. Only small issue was the stick on seal rubbed off when sliding mirror on. So I used some blacck RTVsealant to seal top on sides only. Left the bottom unsealed incase it leaks , water can then get out.

Glad you got it done.