The real way to remove front cap on pre '06 mirrors

[Scarsman]

Sorry, I did not take any pictures of that. But if you can imagine, it is shaped like the inside of the cap. There is a cut out in the front of it for the arm coming up off the door. You definately want the cap on there, if that is what you are wondering. It looks disassembled without it.

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by Scarsman

You definately want the cap on there, if that is what you are wondering. It looks disassembled without it.

You may acutally 'need' the cap to keep water from going down in the arm. The old model mirrors didn't have a very good (or any) method of draining water out of the base...hence the reason that many of them no longer retract...motors rusted or frozen up.

[SUT-UP]

Bringing back this old thread. Say you did crack the mirror....... Did you replace the glass or the entire mirror. I did not break mine with the mirror chrome change, however mine fell out while driving. Bigger problem: the mirror has some sort of round attachment piece on the back that the mirror is glued to. That fell out along with the glass. Is there a replacement piece for these two items or will I be needing to replace the entire mirror. Have been putting off the complete replacement anyways since mine do not power fold anymore.

[guruerror]

Check this out: http://parts.nalleygmc.com/showAssem...ey_trimLevel=0

I punched in 2003 to try to find the diagram of the old-style mirror, but only the newer one shows up. Anywho...item #1 is the mirror, #2 and #3 (which appears to be the 'round attachment piece you mentioned) are not listed, but the description for #1 indicates that the 'HTR PAD and GLASS HOLDER' are included. I'm thinking #3 is the 'glass holder'...

[SUT-UP]

Great. Thanks. Got to love a $400 mirror. Appreciate it though Guru