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The base plate on my Donnelly rear-vision mirror doesn't have a screw to remove it and all I can see is a square hole so how can I get it off to re-install it on my Mazda?
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∙ 14y ago
I had the same problem and it nearly drove me crazy. There is a spring clip inside that presses onto the base plate at the end furthest from the hole. This clip "bites" into two narrow ridges on the the soft metal surface of the base plate, effectively locking it in place. I eventually placed the base plate on my wooden workbench top, inserted an Allen key that just fit the hole and then hit it with a hammer. The base plate came off without much further effort. The clip, base plate and mirror are all still in good shape and ready to re-install! I'm not sure how you would get such force onto the clip if the mirror were still attached to the windscreen. It seems that there may be a "sweet spot" in the clip at a point nearest to the base plate surface in the middle of the mechanism. In hind sight, a small flat-headed screwdriver would have been a better tool to use as it could concentrate the pressure where the base plate meets the spring clip. If you look very carefully, you can just see the near end of the spring clip when the mirror is installed on the base plate. Don't waste your time on what you can see as it doesn't affect the locking mechanism at all.
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