[MR2] MK2:Side Rear View Mirror Repair

[Kurt Krueger]

That's certainly a concern.  But I thought I'd throw out the possibility 
just in case things were robust enough for the technique.

On 2/25/2011 1:10 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
>         I'm pretty sure you'd damage the mirror doing it that way.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Krueger
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:59 AM
> To: mr2 at mr2.com
> Subject: Re: [MR2] MK2:Side Rear View Mirror Repair
>
> Has anyone tried one of those Impact Tools on the screws?  In case you haven't seen one, a bit mounts in about a 1" diameter
> body.  Then you hit it with a hammer, which causes it to twist and at the same time seat the bit hard into the screw head.
> This works good with screws that have seized on motorcycle crankcases.  But in the motorcycle case, you've got a solid mass to
> hammer against.
>
> BTW, on reading Wikipedia I've discovered that Phillips screws are designed to push the bit out of the head when high torque
> is applied.
> The idea is to make the bit slip before the screw breaks.  But that design leads to stripped heads when you try to remove one
> that's been set with thread locker.
>