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Foretravel Motorhome Forums => Foretravel Discussions => Topic started by: zmpm01 on January 21, 2022, 02:39:03 pm

Title: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: zmpm01 on January 21, 2022, 02:39:03 pm
Has anyone ever loosened up the mirrors to fold them back in front of the coach for loading on a ferry?  I would like to save 25% to 50% on the ferry cost but not sure about moving the mirrors. Any advise would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: rbark on January 21, 2022, 02:44:32 pm
Shouldn't be a problem, as long as the bolts aren't frozen. Use the appropriate socket, loosen bolt, move mirror arm, retighten bolt.
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: Realmccoy on January 21, 2022, 06:10:43 pm
Take a sharpie or piece of tape to mark the original position of the mirrors, when you get off the ferry they can be returned easily to their original location.
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: cdm on January 21, 2022, 09:58:03 pm
If you have a few days, spray some PB Blaster penetrating oil on the bolts 2 or 3 times per day for a couple of days then try loosening the bolts. This worked good for me
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: Barry & Cindy on January 22, 2022, 07:59:57 pm
Keep in mind the mirrors are aluminum and the bolts are steel, just use care and maybe some antisieze on threads after removing...
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: "Irish" on February 02, 2022, 08:24:52 pm
Use a magic marker and draw a line across the swivel joint so you can reset the mirrors to your original preferred position.
Title: Re: Mirror Adjustment.
Post by: turbojack on February 03, 2022, 08:47:41 am
Has anyone ever loosened up the mirrors to fold them back in front of the coach for loading on a ferry?  I would like to save 25% to 50% on the ferry cost but not sure about moving the mirrors. Any advise would be appreciated.
What ferry are you talking about?  They charge  you 25-50% more for the mirrors being out?