[DeTomaso] Re: Re: Viagra for sun visors? (An actu al fix)

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

 Mike,

The "plastic ring" is probably leftovers from when you spun the pin out. It just a recess for keeping the pin better stuck in the plastic. I does nothing to keep it from spinning but wonders from keeping it from pulling out. As the "not pulling out" is useless if it's spinnning it seems as the factory left that feature out later.

Tomas
	


> Från: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Till: detomaso at realbig.com
> Rubrik: Re: [DeTomaso]   Viagra for sun visors? (An actu al fix)
> Datum:  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:35:15 EDT

> Hi guys,
> 
> I decided to tackle this problem this morning.   As you may recall, the 
> visors each have a pair of brackets screwed to the inside of the car.   The
> 
> brackets each have a steel pin, over which the visor slides.   Tensioning
> screws 
> create friction between the visor and the pin.
> 
> The problem is that over time, the pins become loose within the plastic 
> brackets, and spin freely, meaning that all the tension in the world
> between the 
> visor and the pin won't do anything.
> 
> I took the system apart today, and removed the loose pins from the
> brackets.  
>  This was not as easy as you'd expect--they would spin, but couldn't be 
> removed.   I wound up chucking the pins into a drill, putting the brackets
> in a 
> padded vice, spinning and pulling on the pins until they pulled out.
> 
> Here's what they look like:
> 
> <a
> href=http://members.aol.com/mikeldrew/VisorBrackets.jpg>http://members.aol.c
> om/mikeldrew/VisorBrackets.jpg</a>
> I actually have two full sets of brackets; one set is my originals
> (mid-'72) 
> and the second set from a '74.   Although they look the same externally, I
> was 
> fascinated to see that the pins themselves differ slightly.
> 
> <a
> href=http://members.aol.com/mikeldrew/VisorPins.jpg>http://members.aol.com/m
> ikeldrew/VisorPins.jpg</a>
> The one on the left is from a later bracket, I believe.   Note that the
> other 
> two have a groove machined into them, with a plastic ring pressed in; I
> guess 
> the theory is that plastic-on-plastic contact would help keep them secure? 
>  
> 
> The theory is wrong. :<(
> 
> When I went to put them back together, I mixed some two-part epoxy and put 
> some into each cavity.   In retrospect, I should have ground a longitudinal
> 
> groove in each pin to enable excess epoxy to escape from the cavity more
> easily.   
> I figured it would spooge out naturally, but when tapping one of them back 
> together (put a block of wood on the back side to support the plastic, and 
> gently tapped the end of the pin to press it into the cavity), one of them 
> hydro-locked and the plastic split. :<(
> 
> Fortunately, it was already filled with epoxy, so it was instantly fixing 
> itself. :>)
> 
> As it turns out, the other three brackets I pulled from the low-mileage '74
> 
> were all secure (no spinning) so I elected to just install those instead.
> 
> The epoxy is still drying on the fourth one, but I'm confident that they
> are 
> fixed for good. :>)
> 
> Mike
> 
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