67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

[Jerry A.]

I need to replace the glass on my 67' interior rear view mirror but I am having a problem getting the original (bad) glass out.
How should the glass be removed, is it glued to the mirror body? How is the rubber surrounding the glass removed or does it need to be? The rubber looks like it is crimped to the rear of the mirror body? The rubber on mine is in great shape but a little hard.
Is there a procedure to follow? If the glass is glued to the body, what type of adhesive should I use?
Please help!!!
Thanks, as usual!
Jerry

[Kent K.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

Jerry,

As I recall, you dip the mirror assembly in a pot of very warm water and allow the rubber part to get soft enough to slip off with some help. Also, IIRC, the old mirror is to be broken to be removed completely. Then, again IIRC, the new mirror is held in place with a dab of clear silicone and the rubber is slipped back on.

I stand to be corrected on all of the above.

[Jack H.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

The mirror glass is glued to the rubber surround. Using chemicals to try and dissolve the glue (like lacquer thinner) can have a BAD effect on the rubber!

Simply don a pair of safety glasses, take the mirror over to a trash can, WRAP the glass with a ball pen hammer to break it and extract the shards CAREFULLY with a set of needle nosed pliers. Once you've gotten all the glass out, clean the inside surface of the rubber surround.

When dry, lay down a fresh bead of glue (you'll see the factory original pattern) and 'snap' in your replacement glass. 3M's weatherstrip adhesive works and I've not see problems using RTV for the mirror to backing adhesive....

[Wayne K.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

I did this project a few months ago per Jack's instructions. I however did not use any adhesive when installing the new mirror as the fit is very snug once the glass is in the housing. I used a hairdryer to heat up the rubber gasket to give it some flex. A heat lamp would work too. Be careful to avoid pressure to the edges of the glass so you don't crack it.

[Gerard F.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

Jerry,

If it is like the 67 Day-Night mirror in the picture below, the glass should not be glued to the neoprene rubber surround. At least that was the way it was on the two originals, I replaced:


I did not have to break the glass to get it out of the surround. All I did was to heat it up with a hairdryer, and worked the old glass out of the groove. The new glass is just worked back into the groove the same way, no glue.

Glue can ruin the silver finish on the glass. The only place for glue is between the SS back of the mirror and the surround. If necessary to re-glue, use silicon glue.

[Jerry A.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

Guys,
Thank you VERY MUCH for the information. Very helpful as usual!!!
Jerry

[Patrick H.]

Re: 67' Interior Mirror Glass Replacement

Simply don a pair of safety glasses, take the mirror over to a trash can, WRAP the glass with a ball pen hammer to break it and extract the shards CAREFULLY with a set of needle nosed pliers.

I'm trying to picture in my mind how one WRAPS a mirror with a ball peen hammer. Is it a special version of one of those promotional foam hammers? You wrap it around the mirror and twist it so hard the glass breaks? Seems to me you'd tear the foam before the mirror would succumb.



To break the mirror, I find it far better to RAP it.

Patrick