Removing the rearview mirror mount from the windshield

[tc1959]

If your careful you can heat the metal lug with a Iron and gently grab it and pull with a pair of vice grips.

you are referring to a soldering iron, right?

 

[pontiacgp]

these irons work well but it's hard on the window

 

[Tony_SS]

I dont know if I trust myself with a hot iron inside my interior! I'd rather take my chances with the heat gun and razor blades.

BTW, if you say 'raise up lights', you just razor blades in an Australian accent.

 

[Blake442]

Don't bother with the heat gun.
Just work around the perimeter with a razor blade...

 

[bill]

Yeah....glass doesnt like heat applied to it in one spot for two long....has a tendency crack in the right conditions. I say use a good strong scraper thats thin and sharp enough to get in between the glass and the button.

 

[pontiacgp]

If your careful you can heat the metal lug with a Iron and gently grab it and pull with a pair of vice grips.

with the summers you have why would you need an iron?... 8)

 

[Blew86442]

Keeping it wet with acetone and working around it with a razor, then a final tap with a chisel and hammer worked for me!

 

[78 salon]

Just try adjusting your mirror, mine always comes off when I do that. :lol:

 

[tc1959]

If your careful you can heat the metal lug with a Iron and gently grab it and pull with a pair of vice grips.

with the summers you have why would you need an iron?... 8)

Good point they seem to just fall off here all the time.
All the parts stores have the loctite glue kits right at the cash register. :wink:

 

[pontiacgp]

If your careful you can heat the metal lug with a Iron and gently grab it and pull with a pair of vice grips.

with the summers you have why would you need an iron?... 8)

Good point they seem to just fall off here all the time.
All the parts stores have the loctite glue kits right at the cash register. :wink:

when I worked on aircraft in Mojave Desert we would get a written warning if we did not have gloves on for protection cause the skin of the aircraft would burn your hands..that sun made everything real hot in the summer and it would be the same for you..