On the 1992 Camaro, the post that is on the end of the Sunvisor Supports twist in the sleeve. Basically this means it defeats the purpose of screwing the sunvisor itself tightly onto the post since the post itself on the support turns.. It does this for BOTH driver & passenger side and so my visors start to ease themselves down all by themselves.. especially when you go over bumps..

Is this normal? Any way of fixing them without having to buy new ones? The condition of them are in PERFECT condition and seems a complete waste of 2 good parts if it can be fixed.

 

This would be fairly cheap to do, cheap meaning ghetto, lol. I did it with the shifter button as it kept popping out. I pushed a bit of cardboard inside the button and then shoved it back on the shifter and it's stayed ever since.

Now, for the visors, I'd figure a similar tactic might work. removing the visor and wrapping something around the support pin (tape, paper, something) that goes in the visor. However, if the insides of the visor are broken, there may be nothing left for the support to grab onto, or you may be able to prolong the life of the visor for a bit longer until it breaks more. Maybe someone has a better suggestion as I'm just guessing at what I would do in that case. Of course anything you put on the support should be easily removable so you can replace the visors someday when they go for good. Best to take my advice with a grain of salt and two tylenol as I've never done it before, lol.

 

The thing is that the POST ITSELF is what turns. The metal rod that is horizontal with the roof. The sunvisor slides over the rod.

 

Yeah, you're right. I just took mine off which has the same problem. It reminds me of when a tie rod wears out and the ball joint is loose in the housing. I didn't see any way to open the support to repair it though. I'm guessing once it wears it's done for unfortunately. Gonna need to add those to my headliner/sunvisor purchase price now.

 

Here's a good southern saying-- If it moves but shouldn't, use duct tape. If it should move but doesn't, use WD-40!

The pin that goes into the housing is knurled and the knurling has worn out. This causes it to pivot when it shouldn't.

Take off the visor. Remove the mount mechanism. Buy some hi strength Loctite (or similar). 242 may work for awhile, but more than likely you will be doing it again soon. If you can get something in the 600s, that will do the trick.

If you can get the entire pin out, you can try to slip some epoxy or JB weld down in hole and push the pin back in there.

Good luck. This is an aggravating problem. I have had the same one.

 

You might do a search on my name, as this topic and some remedies were discussed.

JamesC

 

I wonder if you could make your sig longer. Give the details of the factory each part was made and the info of the employee who assembled each of them???

I'm really only funnin with ya but I find it hilarious how detailed some people get about every part in a sig.