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Well done Roger , I’ve been down the same route as you today and my powerfold is still not working , and I agree with your conclusions
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Thanks Rob – good to hear it wasn’t just me!
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My other thought is that the motor may not powerful enough so my next step will be to try and source a new motor for the mechanism and try that for power
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I don’t know if you found that the little vertical spindle was somewhat tight in the bottom locating hole…? I get what you’re saying about the motor maybe being weak, but to me it sounds like teeth are slipping, rather than nothing moving… sometimes…
I suppose if you bought a motor, and maybe even another set of gears, from the same source as the case, it might all work together…
Something like
this - the eBay "garage" nonsense says it doesn't fit our cars, but I imagine it does...
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Re the new bits we both bought the lid doesn’t appear to be any different to my own in terms of worm gear wear and the casings are not as well made as the originals.
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Agreed about the lid… haven't really studied the case. Did you just swap the actual motor cage, or all 3 casing parts? I didn’t swap the bit with the toothed ring inside, as that looked like being a pain to remove – also didn’t seem to be worn.
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The other option of course is to have skullcap folding mirrors as although in my opinion they are not as nice to look at as the bullets , the motors are more modern and designed better than the antiquated ones in the bullets and were fitted to later cars and I expect will be more reliable
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Funny, I didn’t even know there were two different shapes when I bought mine – somebody on the forum advertised them, I bought them, and much later somebody else told me they weren’t “right” for my car – like you, now that I do know I prefer them anyway.
Guess I’ll just bolt it back to the car and always park with the driver’s door facing out for now! Though to be honest, it’s starting to grind and jerk a bit now too
