Rearview Mirror remounting Hack?

[RubiNewbCB]

So I popped my rearview mirror off the drop arm. I must be a weak 5'10" 225lb @$$ beach, because I can't for the life of me get the mirror back on the ball?

What's the trick, or procedure to do so?

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[Gvsukids]

So I popped my rearview mirror off the drop arm. I must be a weak 5'10" 225lb @$$ beach, because I can't for the life of me get the mirror back on the ball?

What's the trick, or procedure to do so?

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[RubiNewbCB]

I've even tried pulling the snap ring out and popping it in and resetting the snap ring... no luck either way... one or the other will not go back in.

 

[Deleted member 52902]

Perhaps a light amount of heat applied to the ball, which per your thread, is part of the overhead and the mirror has a socket. I can't tell by the pictures.

What I might suggest is if you can get the ball really really hot from a portion of a rag, dipped into the hottest water from say, a coffee cup of water, then try to pop the socket of the mirror onto the ball. Fastest heat application and socket-ball try you can before the heated rag-to-ball application cools too much. I would definitely lay a towel on the dash top so any water drip doesn't travel to someplace we don't want it to. Careful of course, not to also knock over the coffee cup, which u'd want to test fit in the JEEP's cup holder first to see if it's secure enough while your inside, wrestling with the socket-ball insertion process.

Still doesn't work? Light coat of silicone from a spray can, onto a rag and then lightly wiped on the ball might help EXCEPT, that it might make the necessary ball-socket friction fit, too loose. And then the mirror won't stay where you aim it. I'd avoid this until either someone else comments they did this and it worked. Otherwise might be risky to be the first to try.

Anybody else got a simpler idea to try, that already worked for them?

I'd add this - be careful working that close to the windshield. A good bang of something on the inside of the glass so close to the rim of the glass, where its held in place might really make for a bad day.

Any YouTube video that you might trust... to show a technique?

 

[Alpine Warthog]

Disconnect from the truck and try working on it on a counter top? Probably very awkward working up there like that. Good luck getting the stem back into the windshield frame once you've got the first part back together!

 

[Gvsukids]

I'd add this - be careful working that close to the windshield. A good bang of something on the inside of the glass so close to the rim of the glass, where its held in place might really make for a bad day.

If only the windshield folded down.

 

[Gatorized]

Definitely need to disconnect cable and reassemble on a bench-
you will find it easier to work that snap ring back on. Might find some useful info at this thread : https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...-mirror-upside-down.31428/page-4#post-1068518

 

[RubiNewbCB]

Thank you all for the great advice. Im going try the bench top approach and remove the mirror from the truck, so I can get good downward pressure on it. Plus I don't want to break the wires or rip the out.

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