Broken side view mirror help please

[Jbrowland]

Hello kind friends! Thanks again for all the assistance is advance!

I have a 2008 Majestic. That's a former Cruise America built on a Ford E 350. Four Winds makes them for CA.

Arrived at the camp ground the other day and noticed that my driver side arm on the side view mirror seems to have randomly come apart from the mounting on the door. I had to duct tape it to get home. I didn't hit anything and it has always worked perfectly until recently. It seems to have come apart in a very strange place. Pics below asap. Any advice is helpful.

Other than the fact that it is now hanging by the wires unless I work it into a specific position, everything works. Blinker and button to electronically adjust mirrors are all good and still attached.

I have looked online and couldn't find this same type of side view arm assembly. I assume I will likely have to replace the whole thing? The mirror part is in great shape. It just broke where it attaches to the door and spins to move the mirror in when parked.

[IAMICHABOD]

Well just gotta know. Did you get the right part or get it fixed yet?

[Jbrowland]

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Jbrowland wrote:
Well nothing is ever easy. 🙂

I ordered the part from Ryder and then called back because I had a funny feeling something wasn't correct. The second employee told me that the part I was told to order was likely the wrong one so I cancelled the order. He said I would need to measure the width of my RV and then length of the mirror arm to be sure. He also said that the part might need to be made because it was not in stock. Why do these things always happen weeks before a big trip? 🙂

So back to storage to do some measuring. I guess I will also call some of these scrap yards as well but I think it likely to get the wrong part that way as well.

Sounds like a case for Duct Tape. JK 😉

You would have laughed at the amount of duct tape I used on it to get home. I also had to drive with the window down because the tape had to wrap around the door frame at the window to keep it from blowing back due to the wind. It still moved. By the time I drove the 20 miles to storage, the mirror was almost touching my left hand on the steering wheel, lol. Good times.

[CavemanCharlie]

Jbrowland wrote:
Well nothing is ever easy. 🙂

I ordered the part from Ryder and then called back because I had a funny feeling something wasn't correct. The second employee told me that the part I was told to order was likely the wrong one so I cancelled the order. He said I would need to measure the width of my RV and then length of the mirror arm to be sure. He also said that the part might need to be made because it was not in stock. Why do these things always happen weeks before a big trip? 🙂

So back to storage to do some measuring. I guess I will also call some of these scrap yards as well but I think it likely to get the wrong part that way as well.

Sounds like a case for Duct Tape. JK 😉

[Jbrowland]

Well nothing is ever easy. 🙂

I ordered the part from Ryder and then called back because I had a funny feeling something wasn't correct. The second employee told me that the part I was told to order was likely the wrong one so I cancelled the order. He said I would need to measure the width of my RV and then length of the mirror arm to be sure. He also said that the part might need to be made because it was not in stock. Why do these things always happen weeks before a big trip? 🙂

So back to storage to do some measuring. I guess I will also call some of these scrap yards as well but I think it likely to get the wrong part that way as well.

[Jbrowland]

Looks like I needed another part number. The mirror head they had on there was obviously a replacement at some point by Cruise America. 🙂

[jwmII]

Contact Gamblers RV supply in Quartzsite, Az. They have surplus mirrors galore. They might be able to help you. I don't have a number for them but I am sure 411 can comeup with it.

[IAMICHABOD]

That sounds great, I found that they are very helpful, especially when you have a number to start with. I had a lot of conversations with them, I ended up replaceoing the left one too, just I in case.
Good luck, let us know how it all works out.

[Jbrowland]

Well I found the part number on the bottom of the mirror head. It is #714581. I called Ryder Fleet Products but they were closed. I was able to locate the head replacement but not the entire arm assembly and base on their web page. They have just the head as #714581.

I noticed that they said this model was heated and manually adjusted. Mine is not heated but has a blinker on the bottom of the arm by the mirror and is electronically adjusted. I guess they will solve the mystery tomorrow when I call back.

[dbbls]

You could probably find a used replacement at Colaws RV salvage in Carthage, MO.

[Jbrowland]

Thanks AGAIN!

[IAMICHABOD]

To find the part # look under the bottom mirror like this....If your lucky it will still be there,mine wasn't but with the help of Ryder and guys at Velvac we figured it out,good luck.

This post shows how to replace the mirror.

Mocoondo wrote:
Left Mirror:



Right Mirror:



Unless y'all have completely different mirrors, Velvac mirrors have been side specific for at least the last 10 years and possibly longer.

[Jbrowland]

I can't thank everyone enough! THANK YOU ALL! Looks like I need to locate the part # first and then I need to call Ryder. That's not a bad price compared to what I researched from Ford, assuming I was even looking at the right thing before your kind responses. The ones from other places were close to $500! Ouch.

The part number is located where? I assume this isn't too hard. Looks like a few panels removed from the inside of the door and then removal and connection. Maybe a few wires to splice? I have the mirrors with the electronic adjustment but I don't believe they are heated.

The biggest pain is the fact that my RV is parked kind of far away from where I live. Always pain to work on it that way.

I may be pushing my luck, but I will also call Cruise America and see if they will switch it out for me. They might. They have been amazing with little unforseen things like this so far without questions or complaints. They always have odd parts on hand from constant maintenance on a large fleet of rentals just like mine. Fingers crossed...

Once again, thanks for the time and (perhaps unfortunately gained) experience offered. 🙂

--Jason

[IAMICHABOD]

Here is the PDF that was talked about in the other thread by Golfknut from 2007 it seems to have disappeared in that thread.

[PastorCharlie]

It looks like it could be fixed until a replacement could be found by getting it into the proper position and drilling two 1/8 holes at 180 degrees from each other through both parts and bolting together with two 1/8 bolts.