Re: diagonal holders

John Houldsworth (john.houldsworth@Controls.Eurotherm.COM)
Thu, 2 Mar 1995 15:35:25 +0500

Greg Granville wrote.. [...] >But now I'm thinking of fabricating my own secondary holder. The plan is to
>get a 1.3" piece of solid aluminum bar and mill a 45 degree angle on the
>end. Then I figured I'd just glue (RTV - silicone seal) the mirror
>directly to the end of the 1.3" aluminum piece. I'll reduce the obstruction
>from 1.5" to 1.3" while keeping exactly the same secondary mirror.
>Kinda makes me wonder why the tube-style of secondary holder is so common in
>the first place ???

You can save yourself a lot of work by using a rear view mirror mounting kit preferably the type with the metal button - comes complete with all the surface prep agent and isocy - adhesive to stick the metal button to glass - in this case the back of your secondary. The stalk is 3/4" dia and conviently includes a STIFF ball joint to get approx alignment leaving you to fine trim elsewhere. The button is held in with a hex grub screw allowing the secondary to be easily removed without spoiling the alignment. I've mounted a 2.5" secondary this way - no problems. Uses the stalk from a 19 yr old Pinto :-)

TrakAuto stock the adhesives for metal buttons but may only have complete kits with plastic buttons which use RTV adhesive. I avoided these since they didn't include surface prep agents and I wasn't sure if the mirror back was 'clean' . Also I couldn't be sure the plastic would not 'creep' losing the alignment.

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Regards, John H

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