Tex door mirror gasket issue

[Timo]

Has anyone had the same problem as me, I ordered a Tex door mirror gasket and when pushed into the 2 locating holes in the door and the mirror screwed in with the 2 large self tappers the arm of the Mirror goes limp and hangs down, removing the gasket breaks off the raw plugs so I ordered another, different supplier but still tex and it does the same thing, the original gasket I removed it didn’t happen. I can’t see where it is fowling and compressing the spring, has anyone got round this issue?

[Lingen]

Timo.
It is a problem that has existed for years, and Tex have done nothing about it. It only seems to happen with the driver's side mirror and I am yet to find a way of curing the problem. Perhaps someone else will come up with an answer!
Mike.

[Timo]

Before I binned the original I checked the hole in the middle and it’s shape and seemed ok I didn’t check for thickness, stupid me I thought something so simple would just fit, hopefully someone will reply with a fix

[Lingen]

If you find that the original gasket was thicker than the replacement, possibly curing the problem, please tell me, because I know some alternative ones may be being made, and now would be the time to see if they can be made thicker that those currently available...
Mike.

[Lingen]

Tim.
Forget my last entry. I have now got the mirror off and in front of me, and can see that the thickness of the pedestal gasket is irrelevant. As you have found, the spring loaded washer in the mirror base becomes partially compressed against the top surface gasket as the fixing screws are tightened. To make the round hole in the gasket large enough to clear the spring loaded washer, I think it would become too weak to properly support the pegs for the screws. The real problem is that the mirror base is not deep enough to give the sprung washer sufficient working clearance. Either that needs altering or the spring needs to be held more compressed, and I can see no way of doing that.
Time for a phone call to Tex I think, which I will do tomorrow, and pass on any suggestions they may have.
Mike.

[trunt]

I cured it by opening up the hole in the gasket and adding another gasket underneath to make it thicker. I have pics somewhere.. yea on my phone

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[trunt]

Just thinking.. I wonder if the right side casting is slightly different to the left? mine is the same.. opening the hole and adding the extra gasket made my left one solid but although the right one is a lot better its still a little “soft”. Passenger side for me so it’s less annoying.. maybe that side needed a thicker gasket but I live with it..

[jbuckl]

As mike said, the item may be reproduced. Any other potential improvements could be useful to know. Thanks in advance & for those already mentioned.

[Phil S]

It may help with getting a better angle of vision if the replacement can be made 5mm thicker at the rear than the front, I have made a tapered space to fit between the gasket and mirror and it has made the mirror more user friendly

[sujitroy]

Is that a 3d printed spacer? Is any chance u can share the model?
Sujit

[FPL]

If you do share or sell, i am interested as well. Thx.
Fred

[Lingen]

As per my post yesterday, I have now spoken to someone at Tex about the problem. He was most helpful, and had a couple of suggestions as to what might be causing it. He is going to test some stock mirrors for the fault, and then pass the information on to the production line. Hopefully I will hear something useful from him soon.
Mike.

[Timo]

Many thanks for all your replies and thanks Lingen for contacting Tex about the issue.
I have managed to cure the issue by grinding a small amount of metal from the large washer on 1 edge that compresses the spring plus I put 2 spring washers under each screw between the casting holes and the
Gasket and this has given me the clearance needed, not ideal but it has worked.

[jbuckl]

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It may help with getting a better angle of vision if the replacement can be made 5mm thicker at the rear than the front, I have made a tapered space to fit between the gasket and mirror and it has made the mirror more user friendly

Thanks for the info.
will try to suggest & incorporate into the new parts if possible.
is there a way you could illustrate the angle & its effect on the screws / bosses?
they won’t be perpendicular if I’m imagining it correctly.
maybe that doesn’t matter, but I’m thinking it might.
or maybe an angled split line in the tooling is needed.
Have PM’d those asking for files....
let me know what you think

[Phil S]

Is that a 3d printed spacer? Is any chance u can share the model?
Sujit

Not 3 d printed as don't have one, done the old fashion way on the mill, tapered the spacer then cut and shaped to correct size