Auto Brothers how do you tighten the sunvisor arm so that the visor doesn't come down it is so loose what will work on that? I bought new Bushings and it still doesn't stop coming down

 

I had the same prob. Got new hangers (very stiff) and they still were loose, as if the visor itself would not squeeze enough to the hanger (make sense?). So I just tightened the hell out of them!!! I mean TIGHT! As much as you can. I used a power drill and now they are very tight....so tight you can hardly move them. Give it a try, hope it helps

 

Thanks for the reply my Auto Brother,
So you're saying tighten them to the roof of the car until they won't trun as much? Does that affect the bar that the visor slides onto? is there a way to take the thing apart and wrap the bar with tape or something to make it tighter?

 

I was referring to the visor itself, not the hanger (metal bar visor slides onto). If the metal bar (hanger) is loose and you can turn it with your fingers, then its pretty much shot, just get some new ones. Try Ebay, prob $10 will get you a good set or the local junk yard. Or you can try to take it apart and invent something to make it tight again, but dk if thats possible.

 

My sun visor had 4 screws on them- 3 holding it to the roof then 1 on the visor itself. The 1 lone screw holds it tight and keeps the visor from falling- just tighten that as much as you can.

 

thnx A-Bro I'll get new ones

 

I took the whole visor assembly off and put some JB weld between the "metal bar" and hanger sleeve, so that the "metal bar" wouldn't turn any more. Put the visor back on and tightened it up ,not to tight and its still functional and doesnt come down and bug me anymore. I did this about a year ago. What really made this easy is that the meatl slide came completely out with no effort. Just curiously played with it and it came out making it easy to put the JB weld in and slid the "metal slide" in. Just remember to let the JB weld dry if you decide to do this before putting it back in use.

 

Good tip!!!!
I was going to attempt that, but came across another set. Still the visors were falling down, so I had no choice but to tighten them as hard as I could so that they would not bug me. Seems the plastic sleeve inside the visor is giving way due to its age.

 

Remove the one screw in the visor that holds it to the shaft, and take the visor down. With a pair of vice grips or big pliers, carefully squeeze the area that the shaft slides into. It would probably be smart to wrap the piece in a towel first so you don't dig into the material with the pliers. Give that whole area a bit of a squeeze, but do it a little at a time and re-fit it to test. Keep doing it until it's as snug as you want it.