A while back my K1100LT fell over in the garage whilst I was moving it around - I didn't get the balance right and over it went, however, it didn't hit the ground but the left hand mirror got the brunt of it when it hit the garage wall. Took a lot of effort to get it upright again and ended up with a broken casing on the mirror. It's been like that for a while but it totally let go a week or so back, necessitating me removing the mirror and epoxying up the casing.
OK, so the mirror and casing have to come off. How do I remove it. I recently bought a new, used temp gauge from Drake, so I thought I would put that in at the same time and removed the cubby boxes etc and the bit with the interior light and speaker holes from the fairing. This revealed three bolts with nylex nuts holding the mirror on. 10 mm socket no probs - except the bolt turns along with the nut! Where the hell is the other end of the bolt and how do I stop it turning? Half of the mirror casing was completely detached, so I could see the other side and there was a small hole in which I could see the slot of a screw when I shone a torch up there. It was about 3/16" diameter and needed a very slim screwdriver to get in the hole. I had an old one which I filed down until it fitted in and was able to get two of the nuts off. The third just wouldn't stop turning despite putting a lot of pressure on the screwdriver. Whilst I was doing this, I was wondering how I was going to get the mirror back onto the fairing. With the cover fixed, there was no way I could use the screwdriver - very mysterious.
So I consulted Dr Google and got the Chris Harris video of replacing the glass in the mirror. However, he had the unit in his hand and on the bench - no mention of how he got it off the bike. More Googling with the same results. How the hell does this work?
Anyway, finally got the third nut off and the mirror unit comes out. On inspecting it, I got a pair of pliers and grabbed the shaft of one of the three bolts and found that it wiggled about and when I pulled on the bolt it came out! It was clipped in as was the other two. The slot in the screw was quite large and it suddenly dawned on me that the mirror is simply clipped onto the fairing, not bolted! I could have just yanked it off. Anyway, I put the nut and bolts back in and tightened them up and mixed up some epoxy and stuck the mirror casing back together. The epoxy takes some time to set and cure, so I just left it overnight and will have a go at putting it back on tomorrow.
I can tell you I felt a right wally once I worked out how the mirrors are attached. No doubt you all read this and wondered what the hell I was doing!
Oh well, I always seem to learn the hard way.
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