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Has anyone taken apart the 5th gen standard (non-tow) power fold mirror drive unit ? Its a sealed unit that is plastic welded together, you have to cut the halves apart. This isnt an issue but then there is a white plastic band within the case halves that is very brittle and thin. Once it...

Hey guys just an FYI, I found this the other day to fix the power fold mirrors on the new 5th gen rams. They already made 1s for the 4th gen but this is the replacement gear for 5th gens, alot of people were complaining about the plastic gear breaking... look at the 2nd item down on this page ...

probably broken plastic internal gears. the thread to address this is here https://5thgenrams.com/community/threads/power-folding-mirror-broken.3884/page-2

FYI i inquired about this with gruvenparts the other day, they asked people to just contact them directly if having issues with this 5th gen ram power fold mirror. ITs a different assembly than the 4th gen so requires all new tooling to produce the metal versions. I let them know people were...

Just fyi, there is a good video on the drive unit and how to replace the plastic cheap gear and motor in the drive unit with the metal gear. ITs for a GM truck but the drive unit is similar and you see exactly how the drive unit comes apart. Actually getting to the drive unit is ofcourse...

I know that the previous models of this truck all used the same power fold units that GM used. These are notorious for having a small plastic gear in the drive unit that break. Rather than replace entire mirror, the fix is from GruvenParts and they just have you strengthen the drive unit by...