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*** THESE ARE FOR THE STANDARD SIZE, NON-TOWING MIRRORS ONLY ***
NOTE : IF YOU ARE ORDERING A COMPLETE DRIVE UNIT (OPTION 2, $229.99) PLEASE CHECK WITH US FOR AVAILABILITY OF CORES - you may need to send in your drive unit to do this quickly. Email Paul@GruvenParts.com
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GruvenParts.com is pleased to announce replacement strengthened BRASS spur gears premounted to stainless main shafts and high torque motors for the power folding NON-TOWING mirrors on all 2009-2018 4th Gen RAM 1500 and 2500 trucks including Big Horn, Express, Laramie, Lone Star, Outdoorsman, Rebel, ST, Sport Crew and Tradesmen with crew, standard or extended cabs! Buy qty of 2 to fix both mirrors and SAVE!
Note you can also buy the complete metal cased drive units for both passenger and driver side if you do not wish to complete the labor required to install the upgraded high torque motor and metal gear. We accomplish this for you on the complete drive unit option and please note there is a $30 core refund for sending back your drive unit in repairable condition (ie, center basket not broken, or unit otherwise damaged beyond repair).
As many have discovered, the power folding mirror assembly on these trucks suffers from a thin, weak, plastic spur gear mounted to the main drive shaft. The plastic spur gear cracks at the slightest impact or just wears out over time causing an inoperable folding mirror. The RAM mirror motors also get weak and die quickly. Unfortunately, RAM will only sell you a complete folding mirror assembly, which will cost you MORE THAN $800 ea after labor, depending on the year/make/model. And that $ would be wasted on yet another mirror assembly with another weak, plastic factory spur gear and weak electric motor that will also soon fail. Don't your waste time or hard earned money on more RAM mirrors that will also soon fail! UPGRADE TO LIFETIME WARRANTY METAL GEARS AND HIGH TORQUE MOTORS !
GruvenParts.com has addressed this issue by designing a strengthened spur gear made from solid gear BRASS with a thicker cross section to eliminate the stress concentrations which cause fatigue cracking in the OEM plastic gear. We have also designed a replacement high torque electric motor to accompany this new metal gear. Our new electric motor is required when switching out to the metal gear, as the ground circuit in the OEM motor does not allow for a metal gear to be installed. You can buy the gear/motor combo for one or both sides with the spur gear pre-attached to a new machined steel main shaft. We have thoroughly tested our redesigned spur gear and high torque motor using a new, OEM mirror assembly and computerized test equipment. Our test samples barely showed any wear whatsoever, and the testing did include random wacks against the mirror, jamming the mirror operation as it was folding, and manually stressing the mechanism all in an attempt the break the gear. Each sample was tested more than 5,000 open/close cycles and was still going strong at that point !
This product carries a LIFETIME WARRANTY! Provided you don't burn the vehicle, or otherwise smash the mirror into something, you can send back the motor drive unit to us and we'll replace the gear assembly and get it working again free of charge. You would only be responsible for shipping under this warranty.
Gears and Motors are sold together. Qty 1 will fix 1 mirror, buy 2 if you want to fix both sides. Fits Both Passenger and Drivers Side Power Folding Mirrors. You can also select the complete drive unit to same time and labor.
** Fits **
2009-2018 RAM 1500 and 2500 NON-TOWING MIRROR trucks including Big Horn, Express, Laramie, Lone Star, Outdoorsman, Rebel, ST, Sport Crew and Tradesmen with crew, standard or extended cabs! Likely Others, too.
This includes (but not limited to) the following mirror assembly part numbers :
1UK681BUAF, 1UK681BUAE, 1UK681BUAD, 1UK681ARAF, 1UK681ARAE, 1UK681ARAD, 1UK681DMAF, 1UK681DMAE,
1UK681DMAD, 1UK681LBAF, 1UK681LBAE, 1UK681LBAD, 1UK681R4AF, 1UK681R4AE, 1UK681R4AD, 1UK681RPAF,
1UK681RPAE, 1UK681RPAD, 1UK681S2AF, 1UK681S2AE, 1UK681S2AD, 1UK681W7AF, 1UK681W7AE, 1UK681W7AD,
1UK681X8AF, 1UK681X8AE, 1UK681X8AD
1UK691BUAF, 1UK691BUAE, 1UK691BUAD, 1UK691ARAF, 1UK691ARAE, 1UK691ARAD, 1UK691DMAF, 1UK691DMAE, 1UK691DMAD, 1UK691LBAF, 1UK691LBAE, 1UK691LBAD, 1UK691R4AF, 1UK691R4AE, 1UK691R4AD, 1UK691RPAF, 1UK691RPAE, 1UK691RPAD, 1UK691S2AF, 1UK691S2AE, 1UK691S2AD, 1UK691W7AF, 1UK691W7AE, 1UK691W7AD, 1UK691X8AF, 1UK691X8AE, 1UK691X8AD
This list of part numbers will continually grow as we build the interchange list. This is in no way complete, as most RAM trucks made from 2009-2018 with power folding mirrors will use this gear and motor.
