03-28-2025, 08:07 AM
I just did this to mine not that long ago, I noticed it wobbling a bit and did not want to loose it so I pulled it off. It is glued onto a plastic base. The plastic base snaps into the electric adjusters. There may be a wire taped on the back of the lens as well if it’s heated. I pulled the lens off gently as the plastic can be damaged if you get too rough with it. Get a plastic pry bar to help pry the lens off. I taped the wire back on the back of the lens with real duct tape, the good metal stuff not duck tape. Then I glued the lens back on with silicone caulk. So far it has held well. I made sure I cleaned everything really good with some solvent so that the silicone would adhere.
Edit, as Richard says, my memory chips are a bit corrupted. I adhered the lens back on with 3M VHB tape not silicone. It just came back to me!
(03-28-2025, 08:07 AM)[email protected] Wrote: I just did this to mine not that long ago, I noticed it wobbling a bit and did not want to loose it so I pulled it off. It is glued onto a plastic base. The plastic base snaps into the electric adjusters. There may be a wire taped on the back of the lens as well if it’s heated. I pulled the lens off gently as the plastic can be damaged if you get too rough with it. Get a plastic pry bar to help pry the lens off. I taped the wire back on the back of the lens with real duct tape, the good metal stuff not duck tape. Then I glued the lens back on with silicone caulk. So far it has held well. I made sure I cleaned everything really good with some solvent so that the silicone would adhere.
Edit, as Richard says, my memory chips are a bit corrupted. I adhered the lens back on with 3M VHB tape not silicone. It just came back to me!
(03-28-2025, 08:07 AM)[email protected] Wrote: I just did this to mine not that long ago, I noticed it wobbling a bit and did not want to loose it so I pulled it off. It is glued onto a plastic base. The plastic base snaps into the electric adjusters. There may be a wire taped on the back of the lens as well if it’s heated. I pulled the lens off gently as the plastic can be damaged if you get too rough with it. Get a plastic pry bar to help pry the lens off. I taped the wire back on the back of the lens with real duct tape, the good metal stuff not duck tape. Then I glued the lens back on with silicone caulk. So far it has held well. I made sure I cleaned everything really good with some solvent so that the silicone would adhere.
Edit, as Richard says, my memory chips are a bit corrupted. I adhered the lens back on with 3M VHB tape not silicone. It just came back to me!
Jeff LoGiudice
Temple Terrace, Fl
1984 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT40
1998 Newell 2000 #490
1986 MCI/TMC 102A3 (sold)