Attached are some examples of Hudson mirrors that have the rear screw holding the mirror to the door. The screw hole is then filled with some type of metal or solder to give it a somewhat smooth look. My question is, How do I remove that solder or metal filling to get the screw out? I have a set of good mirrors that I would like to remove from the car and rechrome and fix the mirror glass. I have 3 of these broken mirror brackets, like in the pictures, and they all have that filling in the screw hole, and a good pair on the car with the filling. What does a guy do?
Thanks, Bill
This is the new design outside rear view mirror that Hudson announced in the Nov 1950 Service Merchandiser - I have attached a copy of the page for
your reference
Jerry that's the mirror that I am trying to get off my car, but I need to drill out the filling or solder, or whatever they filled into the hole. It looks like this was common practice on these mirrors, was to fill in the screw hole. Do you know what the filler is? Or just get in there and drill it out?
Could it be just a "cap" or filler plug, that would lift out with a small screwdriver?...k
The filler was a die cast plug that was supplied in the box with the mirror - one side was chrome plated, and when installed you had to look twice to even see that it was a filler plug
Bill,
I often use a Dremel tool with a cutting disk to clean out the slot in a screw. Sometimes I make a new slot in a very messed up screw head. Perhaps you can make a slot in the plug and then rotate it to remove it. It could be good to use a disk that has been worn down to be smaller than the new diameter (15/16 inch) in order to make a deeper slot without starting to cut the mirror bracket.
Per
You are right on Jerry. I took the mirror bracket that I had off, and was able to tap the plug out from the back side. The plug has a notch built into it that the plug than slides into the hole. I going to try and drill into it making a couple notches to grab the plug and wiggle it out. Shall se what happens. Thank you for heads up on the plug.
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