Re: Visor is falling

[steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> There is a service bulletin that recommends removing the
> two screws that hold the visor pivot base, remove the
> visor, rotate the base  180 degrees and re-install. I have
> never tried this method to tighten up a loose visor but
> give you might want to give it a whirl.
> 
> > For all you 5K owners:
> > Is there a 'quick fix' for the falling/sagging driver's side sun 
> > visor?  ('87 5KTQ)
> > 
I had heard that as well, but I don't see any way that doing so will 
make the visor stay in place any better ... it might give the mount 
more friction, but IME the problem is the rod on which the visor 
pivots.  I decided to disassemble one to see if it would be possible 
to repair it ... and found that the rod on which the visor pivots has 
a flat spot on it, and the visor has a bent spring steel clip that 
rides on the rod such that when the clip gets to the flat spot it will 
tend to hold the visor in place.  Unfortunately the clip breaks ... 
and there isn't enough friction otherwise to hold the visor either 
against the windshield or in the stowed position.  It appears that if 
you cut a small flap in the visor material and fashion a suitable clip 
that you could "rebuild" a broken visor.  I'm thinking about adding a 
screw and nut with a couple of washers to provide more friction ... and 
make the visor much more like the old style, which could be adjusted ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)