keep a sunvisor from swinging to the side?

micky snipped-for-privacy@fmguy.com wrote

Loctite has a variety of products that do that.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:53:01 -0400, micky snipped-for-privacy@fmguy.com wrote as underneath :

Probably a plastic sleeve bearing , quick fix would be to tigten it up a bit by stuffing a plastic or wood shaving up the bearing padding out the fitting a bit. Or if you never want it to move again then wick some superglue or Loctite (as another poster suggests) into the vertical bearing C+

Charlie+ snipped-for-privacy@xxx.net wrote

There isn't just one Loctite, some just increase the friction,

On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:50:55 +1000, "Rod Speed" snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote as underneath :

Yep! All expensive! C+

A democrat, who truly believes in saving the planet, would buy a new Chang li Explorer 4 seat 4 wheel electric car that doesn't contribute to climate change.

Only $2195.00

And if $2195 is too rich for you, maybe obama's boy will have a cash-for-clunkers program soon.

Sure they do. Electricity doesn't just appear by magic.

It's a perfect fit. There's no room to stuff anything in. It's not what I'd call a bearing, it's just a hole in the plastic.

I looked at the Loctite page and didn't see anything to increase friction. Do you know what it is called, or used to be called??? Loctite has separate sections for different countries including the US and Australia. Also consumer and industrial.

I also googled increase friction and liquid increase friction and got technical pages about friction in general but no products.

Charlie, do you know one? Even if it's expensive**. Do you know what such a thing is called, some special terms. (I presume C+ is your signature and not a product. )

What the sunvisor has is a special friction bearing usually manufactured of a nylon like substance (Delrin?). They have either a friction surface or two or a pair of ribbed surfaces providing indented location. Once upon a time, it was possible to *tighten* these through provision of a screw. These are no longer extant, certainly not in my Toyota nor any car I have had in the past 30+ years. Some vehicles had a replaceable friction sleeve, like this one from a Citroen;

Don't bother. If your friction bearing in the visor is not gripping as it should, rest assured a *liquid* is not going to restore any degree of functionality to it.

Ivory is *not* the same as tan. Tan is a distinct brown hue whereas ivory is tending towards pink. Of course, if the car is an old dunger, does it really matter if the colour isn't a perfect match? For safety reasons, you *need* the functionality. BTW, if you forage through the wrecking yards for a used one, you can readily *assess* the serviceability of the friction bearing on any you come across so what is the issue with hunting up a used visor?

How about taking it out, lay it on the ground and smack with a hammer? Distort it enough to get friction.

Or squeeze it. Hard to argue with a hammer in most cases.

Depends on the internal arrangement. They also may not distort as easily as you think.

Its only liquid till it sets with the friction increase loctites.

micky snipped-for-privacy@fmguy.com wrote

Fraid not, someone said that in a usenet group when the Loctite came up. I never had a need for that myself, I just remembered the comment. I agree, the Loctite web site is f***ed.

It isn't a liquid once it sets, that is likely the problem.

Not necessarily. One that doesn't get used much may well be fine with a decent brand like Toyota.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:35:12 -0400, micky snipped-for-privacy@fmguy.com wrote as underneath :

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There was something called KILOPOISE, clear, sticky as hell but never sets, we used to use it sometimes in our scientific instruments in the

Understand but getting the liquid into where it is needed, much less spreading it around a little, is the difficult part. I had a look at my Toyota visor and I couldn't see how I could easily get anything in where it is needed. The friction device isn't necessarily right out near the end of the support rod and could even be at the inner end but far away from the rod access point. Used would be the way to go if new is $200+.

Xeno snipped-for-privacy@optusnet.com.au> wrote

Nope, that’s why its liquid initially. Same approach is used with glues.

Trivial if its liquid initially.

There isn't necessarily any friction device, just the metal rod rotating inside a cylinder.

Yep.

Yes, I've definitely thought about that, and I don't know what would happen.

The trouble is that used is used, and this is a part that wears out. Even if the yard doesn't want to sell a bad one, it could be good now and bad 5000 miles from now. Plus once it's removed from the car, one can't tell how tight the pivot is, and even when it's in the car, one can't tell unless he drives it and turns left. And junk yards don't do that.

Plus carparts.com I think it is had several for my model that are black or ivory, and several with no color specified -- so I could call each one and ask -- but none marked tan. I thought tan was a popular color for these car interiors, but maybe not.