Help: Review Mirror replacement.

usually their is a set screw?

You need a small Allen wrench to undo the set screw.

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I don't see any set screw, Allen-head or otherwise. Is it hidden in some way. Access from bottom or top?

For future reference....

I went to a Ford dealer and had a look at a replacement mirror in the box.

There is no set screw, no clip. It's just a friction fit. I was able to get it off by tapping upward with a hammer.

When you ask on the internet, you get 10 answers, all different. The real trick is to figure which answer is the right one. Thanks to those who at least made an attempt.

mirror in the box.

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Actually, all the answers you got are good. It just depends on who made the particular mirror you have.

You are saying I got the right answers, but I just had the wrong mirror!

I'm not slamming anybody who made a guess. But, all of the answers given here were in fact wrong for the specific mirror on my truck. Even the two guys at the Ford dealership parts department were wrong.

I was only able to confirm that the one answer I found in a Google search that said to "wack it with a hammer" was right when I was able to see the back side of the mount of the identical mirror in the box. I would have preferred to pop a spring clip or loosen a set screw, but that's not how MY mirror was made.

I'll stand by my observation of the internet, you get answers, many answers, and sometimes one of them is the correct answer. The tricky part is figuring out which one.

||> > For future reference.... ||> >

||> > I went to a Ford dealer and had a look at a replacement ||> mirror in the box. ||> >

||> > There is no set screw, no clip. It's just a friction fit. ||> I was able to get ||> > it off ||> > by tapping upward with a hammer. ||> >

||> > When you ask on the internet, you get 10 answers, all ||> different. The real ||> > trick is to figure which answer is the right one. Thanks ||> to those who at ||> > least made an attempt. ||>

||> Actually, all the answers you got are good. It just depends ||> on who made the particular mirror you have. ||>

|| ||You are saying I got the right answers, but I just had the wrong mirror! || ||I'm not slamming anybody who made a guess. But, all of the answers given ||here were in fact wrong for the specific mirror on my truck. Even the two ||guys at the Ford dealership parts department were wrong. || ||I was only able to confirm that the one answer I found in a Google search ||that said to "wack it with a hammer" was right when I was able to see the ||back side of the mount of the identical mirror in the box. I would have ||preferred to pop a spring clip or loosen a set screw, but that's not how MY ||mirror was made. || ||I'll stand by my observation of the internet, you get answers, many answers, ||and sometimes one of them is the correct answer. The tricky part is figuring ||out which one.

What kind of accuracy do you expect from people who cannot see *your* mirror? Personally, I have never seen a rearview mirror of that type that did not have a setscrew. Texas Parts Guy

I had hoped that maybe there was somebody who had actually replaced a mirror on that specific year. I hoped that maybe all Ford mirror mounts were the same, and well known.

But, in fact I expected just about what I got. I doubt that even a photo would have helped. It didn't help me or two other Ford parts guys who looked at it mounted on the windshield. You really would have needed to see the mirror unmounted, or have had experience with, or a design drawing of that specific mount.

At least I didn't have to go out and buy some special tool.