Sorry Guys,
The bracket on early alpine rear views is so thin it acts as a spring and
vibrates at its
own resonent frequency. Rubber will not take care of this problem unless it
is so loose that the mirror flops around anyway. Ive seen quite a few with
the same problem and unless you can take all the vibration out of your
engine, you have only two choices.
1) Dont worry be happy.
2) Jury rig another thicker mirror bracket.
Jarrid Gross
Series II alpine.
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>From: William Lewis
>To: alpine newsgroup
>Subject: rear view mirror vibration
>Date: Wednesday, July 10, 1996 9:44PM
>I have read of many a Sunbeam owner lament about their vibrating rear
>view mirrors. I improved (but did not solve ) the problem by putting a
>piece of rubber behind the mirror mount and then screwing the mirror on
>somewhat loosely. The rubber I used was just a piece of fuel line hose
>that I cut open. Does anyone have a rear view mirror that doesn't
>vibrate. And if so, why not?
>
>Bill Lewis
>FrankenSeries II
>
>(So named because it is a Series II registered as a Series I and was
>resurrected with a Series I tranny, Series V engine, seats from a '63 MGB,
>and soon to have a Series II overdrive transmission installed with a Volvo
>D type overdrive and MGB driveshaft. Hey, it runs well and looks great.)
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