E86 mirror only goes up and down

[Unitedleeds1919]

Howdy, so my drivers side mirror will go up and down but not sideways in and out etc, anybody had this problem? It’s not a showstopper as it’s actually in the right place just to go up and down but I would like it working correctly, any ideas please?

 

[enuff_zed]

Howdy, so my drivers side mirror will go up and down but not sideways in and out etc, anybody had this problem? It’s not a showstopper as it’s actually in the right place just to go up and down but I would like it working correctly, any ideas please?

What does the left mirror do?
Cos it's usually the switch. But if the left mirror works fine then it'll be the motor in the mirror which actually isn't that hard to change.

 

[Unitedleeds1919]

Howdy, so my drivers side mirror will go up and down but not sideways in and out etc, anybody had this problem? It’s not a showstopper as it’s actually in the right place just to go up and down but I would like it working correctly, any ideas please?

What does the left mirror do?
Cos it's usually the switch. But if the left mirror works fine then it'll be the motor in the mirror which actually isn't that hard to change.

hiya buddy, yes left mirror works fine

 

[enuff_zed]

Howdy, so my drivers side mirror will go up and down but not sideways in and out etc, anybody had this problem? It’s not a showstopper as it’s actually in the right place just to go up and down but I would like it working correctly, any ideas please?

What does the left mirror do?
Cos it's usually the switch. But if the left mirror works fine then it'll be the motor in the mirror which actually isn't that hard to change.

hiya buddy, yes left mirror works fine

OK, well the mirror pivots on a half sphere shaped housing. Within that there are three motors at 120 degree spacing from each other. The three motors operate together to allow movement in every direction. sound like one has died.
If you remove the glass you can see the housing. It is held in with a screw in the middle from memory (obvious once you look at it).
Easy enough to pull it and fit a replacement.
Or you could simply swap the whole mirror. Easy to change your coloured casing over.

 

[Unitedleeds1919]

What does the left mirror do?
Cos it's usually the switch. But if the left mirror works fine then it'll be the motor in the mirror which actually isn't that hard to change.

hiya buddy, yes left mirror works fine

OK, well the mirror pivots on a half sphere shaped housing. Within that there are three motors at 120 degree spacing from each other. The three motors operate together to allow movement in every direction. sound like one has died.
If you remove the glass you can see the housing. It is held in with a screw in the middle from memory (obvious once you look at it).
Easy enough to pull it and fit a replacement.
Or you could simply swap the whole mirror. Easy to change your coloured casing over.

ahh typical I stuck the mirror glass on with god knows what as it did the old fall off trick so bought a new glass and possibly double sided taped it on but it’s very well on :rofl: ..I’ll look into it when I get back as working abroad anytime soon for a couple of weeks …sounds like eBay is my friend cheers mate

 

[enuff_zed]

hiya buddy, yes left mirror works fine

OK, well the mirror pivots on a half sphere shaped housing. Within that there are three motors at 120 degree spacing from each other. The three motors operate together to allow movement in every direction. sound like one has died.
If you remove the glass you can see the housing. It is held in with a screw in the middle from memory (obvious once you look at it).
Easy enough to pull it and fit a replacement.
Or you could simply swap the whole mirror. Easy to change your coloured casing over.

ahh typical I stuck the mirror glass on with god knows what as it did the old fall off trick so bought a new glass and possibly double sided taped it on but it’s very well on :rofl: ..I’ll look into it when I get back as working abroad anytime soon for a couple of weeks …sounds like eBay is my friend cheers mate

Let me know when you get back.
Got some mirrors here we could cannibalise.

 

[enuff_zed]

Purely by chance, Usel just posted a photo of the internal workings of the mirror. I wasn't quite correct it seems.
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2102128#p2102128

 

[Unitedleeds1919]

Purely by chance, Usel just posted a photo of the internal workings of the mirror. I wasn't quite correct it seems.
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2102128#p2102128

it looks technical :rofl:

 

[Usel]

The glass you stuck on is attached to the heat pad. You need to remove the heatpad so you won't be disturbing your newly attached mirror.

There's a half hole just above the top of the mirror glass you can insert a small screwdriver into and then you slide it across to release the heatpad and glass together.

 

[Unitedleeds1919]

The glass you stuck on is attached to the heat pad. You need to remove the heatpad so you won't be disturbing your newly attached mirror.

There's a half hole just above the top of the mirror glass you can insert a small screwdriver into and then you slide it across to release the heatpad and glass together.

thank you