Hi guys, a few years back someone put together a great pictorial of tearing the mirror apart and putting something between the clamp and the post to tighten the adjustment up. I looked over pages of threads looking but couldn't find it. I believe it was Jim Lane or someone else who is very good about taking pics. Anyways, I am trying to find out what he used that tightened up the clamp but didn't hurt the arm and still allowed for some movement. Anyone?

 

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Thank you. I ended up using a small piece of sand paper with the sand side to the clamp. Worked like a charm.

 

That sounds like the kind of thing I would also come up with as a fix.

 

Oli we are all just a bunch of blue collar wrenchers
I was worried that using something abrasive my be to much but it really did work nicely. I will admit they had gone way to long losing the fight against the wind. I have them just where I want them and tight like a tiger. This week I replaced the flatbed on one of dads 1st gens. We had put one on previously that we assumed was a dually width as the truck it came from had a dually rear in it. Well when we placed it on his truck we immediately noticed it wasn't right. Turns out someone previously installed a cab/chassis dually rear in the old D350 I bought. So dad was never satisfied with it as it didn't cover the tires. Fast forward to now. I found dad a flatbed for a few hundred dollars. It didn't have lights, no keys to the boxes, and it had a 1' tall railing welded to the decking that had a "Bowtie" logo cut into it. Well I got it from central PA down to WV. Cut the unusable metal away. Ordered new locks, made a ball cover, worked out the destruction on the rear light pane, painted it all, then bought all new LED lighting. Then Tues got the old bed off and this bed installed. Wired up all the new LED lighting. It all looks and works great but now a new problem. The factory mirrors make it hard to see the backside. The reason for it all is now dad doesn't want to remove the 6x9's to install a set of factory tow mirrors. He doesn't want to drill holes in the doors. Well Oli what do you think?

 

I am guessing you made Dad really proud there freight train!
That new bed looks way better than when you picked it up. Bow ties embossed in the side boards.... on a Dodge.

 

Freight train, how many duallys do you and your dad have running around down there?

 

Currently only 4 duallies.
Now single wheels and conversions that's another story

 

Some place used to make mirrors like first gen ones that stuck out farther, the pipe was longer. I've also seen mirror extensions.

 

Thrashingcows welded on his own extensions on the tubes on his crew cab to push the mirror out several inches.
You might need to add a more aggressive sand paper to get them to stand up to the wind again though Freight train.

 

PM Sent

 

Ironically BHD dad and I are headed up 81 into PA to drag home a 1990 that the owner took a D250 and already swapped in a 1993 dually axles and a 4x4 front cross member, spring hangers, and front springs. He even took the body down and painted it. The cab is nice but its the small hump version. I am basically buying it for the axles and springs since the cab, wiring, and even the frame isn't up to the 1992 and up standards. Who knows, maybe one day I will swap the 1961 Town Wagon Power Wagon body onto it. No motor, trans, or t-case with it. He painted it an odd looking color. It looks like a dark purple in the sunlight. You know I dig ladies in red. I will post a pic tomorrow.

 

Nice find!!!