sloppy rear mirror repair, no post show simple windshield mirror

[Seasparrow]

I have searched through the other post and basically the net trying to find if a loose rear view mirror is repairable. My mirror needs more friction on the ball. Most threads talk about mirrors with lights, displays, compass, etc etc and showing roof mounted mirrors. Mine is a simple no light windshield mount (which, due to old glue and a clumsy owner is no longer windshield mounted).

So I now have the entire mirror and mount to glue back on but also have it on the desk in front of me to somehow tighten the friction on the ball. But I can't get to the back of the glass to expose the assembly (I don't want to pry it).

Does anyone have experience with plane, simple, windshield mounted, no light floppy mirror repair??

Thanks for all the help so far on my 4th gens mid life refresh.

 

[Seasparrow]

Fix was pretty simple, remove the mirror by gently sticking a flat head screwdriver in the bottom slot near the windshield, careful not to break the windshield, just push it in straight do not turn, when it depresses the lock pull the mirror and shaft up and off. There are 2 ball and sockets so the mirror can articulate, first ball is at the windshield, which was fine, and second was the actual socket on the back of the mirror which was loose and to easy to move. I simply pulled the ball out of the back of the mirror and tried a few different things before simply adding a small thin piece of 600 grit wet dry sand paper folded over on the side of the socket and carefully pushed the ball back into the socket making sure not to push the sand paper out through the hole at the bottom of the socket.

It is risky to pull the mirror off the ball while it is on the windshield still because the glue is probably pretty old and the whole assembly will come off the windshield as mine did.

It may last it may not, but it will be pretty easy to do if it needs to be done differently.

Hope this helps .