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by munroman » Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:02 pm
Hi, sorry to hear about your contretemps!
I managed exactly the same damage when my new canoe slid off the roof bars and chopped off the drivers door mirror 50 motorway miles from home.
I 'liberated' some repair washers from the 'might be useful one day' bag I carry with me, and with some bending to make them fit inside the ribs of the bracket, the use of chewing gum and a small screw, I managed to clamp the mirror bracket back together, and drove around for a week at normal speeds before swapping the bracket over, (I was swapping over to power folding mirrors anyway) (I also wrapped a security tether i.e. a lanyard I had, around the mirror, and brought it inside then raised the window to jam it, this wasn't needed)
Had I not had spares anyway, I would have made a thin backing plate and pop riveted it through the broken bracket, still using large washers to spread the load, epoxy glue like Aradilte would also stick the metal to the backing plate.
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