Passenger Side Mirror Hinge Failure

[zedbear]

So I was folding both side view mirrors in (manual) to pull into a narrow garage opening and something in the hinge mechanism "let go" and now its loose and does not stay in place. Any ideas? Do I have to replace the entire mirror assembly or is there some sort of spring or hinge inside that can be replaced? Thanks!

[pwall]

This happened to my '02 YukonXL....the dealer had to replace the entire housing just the inside mechanism doesn't come seperately.

Good luck though.....you never know.

[zedbear]

Did that include the mirror and power unit as well? I was looking on ebay. Found complete mirror/housing assemblies pretty cheap. Don't know the quality of them, though.

[grogman45459]

You may be able to repair it. On my 2001, i had the same thing happen so I removed it to have a look. Simply put, there's a compression type ring that fits over the "post" and holds the spring down. I removed the mirror from the front, and the "shell" off the back to gain access and was able to re-compress it using a scrap piece of pipe. Took no time at all.