12VDC MIRROR ADJUSTER MECHANISM

Bought this for a possible remote control application, the little gearboxes looked ideal. After tinkering with it, here are some comments: First, there are no motor leads or terminals, the original automotive connector had tiny blade terminals that pressed into the motor case. This will take some effort to overcome. Second, the gearbox allows for manual adjustment by letting the threaded adjuster slip under moderate axial load. So using this with anything with significant axial load won't work. This will take some significant mods to overcome. Third, plan on getting an extra that you will destroy learning how to take it apart and figuring out how to adapt it to your needs. The PDF sheet is pretty good, except in step 2 I found I had to pull the threaded rods completely out of the gearboxes and pry them off the white mirror piece rather than rotating anything.
With 12VDC the output gear rotated roughly 15RPM and blipping a momentary switch the smallest move was about 1/12 rev.
On the up side, it is cheap and interesting item. Just be prepared to spend a lot of effort if you are trying to adapt the components.

I ordered two units and modified my stock RV mirrors to accept this assembly. I used .1 spaced connectors to get to the motor pins and then glued them into place. Ran the cables through the mirror heads and into the RV where i made a small relay and switch assembly to move the mirror left/right-up/down and a switch to switch between left and right mirror. So far has been working great and i no longer have to lean out the window to position the mirrors.