Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . .
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Racer
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Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . .
My sunvisors on my 68 are droopy. They will not stay up on their own. In fact, even with the top up, they will not stick to the header, so I have to push them forward which obstructs the windshield view.
I have looked in some of the catalogs and do not see replacement hardware for 68's. Even Doc Rebuild says that he does not have them.
Any ideas?
I have looked in some of the catalogs and do not see replacement hardware for 68's. Even Doc Rebuild says that he does not have them.
Any ideas?
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Re: Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . . (hudman)
How different are the 68 sunvisors from the 69? My 69 has super tight sunvisors, I bought new visors and slipped the rods out of my old broken down visors and slipped the rods into the new visors, there are metal compression clamps that hold the rod tight. They can be compressed with pliers and the rods slipped back in place, if they are like the 69's then that should tighten them up.
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Re: Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . . (Smokehouse69)
there are metal compression clamps that hold the rod tight. They can be compressed with pliers and the rods slipped back in place, .
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Re: Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . . (GDaina)
Duh-I guess I should have gone back to the more common suppliers. Zip has a hardware kit available for 68. I guess I just figured that if Dr. Rebuild did not have, than no one did.
Follow up question-The visors themselves are in excellent shape. If I just order the hardward kit will that give me what I need or are the compression clips imbedded down into the visor itself? In other words, do I need new visors or a new hardware kit or both?
Follow up question-The visors themselves are in excellent shape. If I just order the hardward kit will that give me what I need or are the compression clips imbedded down into the visor itself? In other words, do I need new visors or a new hardware kit or both?
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Re: Sagging sunvisors on a '68. . . (hudman)
If you remove the visors and pivot pins from the header bar and pull the pivot pins out of the visor and look down in the hole, you will see metal reinforcements in the visor that hold it to the pins. The metal reinforcement should be an interference fit with the pivot pins. If it's not, you can squeeze the reinforcement a bit with a pair of pliers to make it slightly oval, while being careful not to mark or tear the vinyl visor material. This will provide the interference fit you need so that moving the visor causes it to drag slightly on the retainer pin. Push the pivot pins back in the holes and remount the visors. This interference fit should keep the visors from drooping under their own weight. Cost to repair: $0 in materials and an hour's labor (tops).
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