Hi Darius, me again. Do you ever stop with the hard questions. Anyway. I went theough this when I had my mirror shells/pedestals rechromed. I had to reliese the cables on the remote part of the mirror (goes on the door). This will allow you to pull the whole works out of the mirror shell (make sure you mark every thing). On the other side I just broke out the mirror, worked the swedged in part of the mirror holder, and took the metal mirror holder to Mauls glass (here in EG). They made me a new mirror for it. Glued it in with RTV (room temperature vulcanisation). Still there and works fine.
Again, Good luck.
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