[cabmandone]

Okay so here's the rundown. I figured I can't break something that's already broken.... So the metal plate is held to the mechanism that moves the mirror by 4 rivets. You can see three rivets in the first picture. The forth is under the piece of tape. Once you remove the rivets you get to the table that the petal plate pivots on. The table is operated by a string that winds around a barrel at the head of motor. There's a solenoid that moves a forward/reverse selector that allows the string to be wound more to one side than the other which moves table around. It's kinda hard to describe but anyhow, the string was pinched. The problem, when getting the string freed up, the string broke. Now! I could just route a new string through the whole mess... but It'll be easier to just buy a new mirror. Cheaper? No But easier? Definitely.

Here's more: The plastic that holds the motor, barrel and solenoid is held to the mirror housing by three screws. You have to pull the rubber boot back to see these screws. Once you remove the screws, the motor and pivot assembly will come out. You can take a screwdriver and pop the plastic housing apart which exposes the inner workings. It is "serviceable" to the extent that if you know how many winds go around each side of the barrel this could probably be fixed.