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roadkingdoc Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:21 am Post subject: loose sun visor |
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i have some droopy sun visors which are annoying as hell. i think they are tmi and on my 61. any way to tighten them up? thanks |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Should be a screw in them to carefully gently tighten up just enough to keep them from flopping down. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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roadkingdoc Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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no screw to tighten. |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Post images. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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steven wardlaw Samba Member
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Make sure the rods aren't turning. Mine were doing the same thing and it took a while to figure out the rods are not suppose to rotate. The metal clip behind the mounting bracket locks the rods from rotating. Mine is also a 62 so I hope they are the same. |
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wayne1230cars Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: |
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I had a similar problem on my 60 bug. I bought a set of visors from CIP. They were TMI visors. There was no screw to tighten. After a few months of frustration I ordered a set from Wolfsburg West. These did have a screw to tighten and the problem was solved. Actually 1960 is a one year only sun visor design as far as the horizontal pattern design of the vinyl but the quality of the WW visors is good. http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113857551A
[img][/img][img][/img] These 2 photos show both sides of one TMI visor and the lack of a tightening screw. I bought these in April 2010. _________________ 1960 beetle
1970 beetle convertible |
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roadkingdoc Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the help. i pushed the visor into the shaft (still mounted in the car) and it seem to help some. |
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Joined: August 09, 2010 Posts: 1608 Location: Phoenix AZ, but originally from Long Island NY
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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older TMI visors had a screw if i remember right, now and then i come across a car a set in some cars that i have bought with a screw but definitly not OG, new repop ones dont, although when there new there pretty stiff but if you use them often i can see how they loosen up _________________ (0\!/0)
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bgprest Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Eric&Barb wrote: |
Should be a screw in them to carefully gently tighten up just enough to keep them from flopping down. |
My passenger side visor keeps flopping down. Does anybody have a pic of just where this screw is supposed to be on them?
Thanks! |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9663 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: loose sun visor |
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Note that this is on a 67. The screw in question is on the right near the mount to the body.
I hope this helps.
Good luck
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grandpa pete Samba Member
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bgprest Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:34 am Post subject: |
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bgprest wrote: |
Eric&Barb wrote: |
Should be a screw in them to carefully gently tighten up just enough to keep them from flopping down. |
My passenger side visor keeps flopping down. Does anybody have a pic of just where this screw is supposed to be on them?
Thanks! |
I should have specified...
My passenger sun visor keeps flopping down on my '61 Beetle. So, I don't thing the heat shrink tubing solution applies to my situation. |
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grandpa pete Samba Member
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bgprest Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: loose sun visor |
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grandpa pete wrote: |
no screws in some of the reproduction ones . That's why I went to the heat shrink |
...still not sure how the heat shrink works. And that link didn't make it clear to me. Sorry, but would you mind clarifying how it works for me?
Thanks. |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24671 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: loose sun visor |
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Heat shrink is a plastic tubing used to cover soldered wiring connections and by a quick heating shrink down over the soldered joint.
Heat shrink in this case would act as a snug cover over the mirror arm and be being there the arm will have a slightly bigger diameter for the non-screw visor to be snug on. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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grandpa pete Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: loose sun visor |
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bgprest wrote: |
grandpa pete wrote: |
no screws in some of the reproduction ones . That's why I went to the heat shrink |
...still not sure how the heat shrink works. And that link didn't make it clear to me. Sorry, but would you mind clarifying how it works for me?
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great explanation ; thks Eric&barb _________________ 63 two fold rag
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=569619&highlight=sedan+delivery |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: loose sun visor |
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No problem. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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