Droopy visor

[vangremlin]

Anybody have any tips to keep a visor from twisting on the rod and hanging down?  Thanks, I appreciate any suggestions.

[El Matador]

Try wrapping a layer of electrical tape around the rod to increase its diameter slightly.  Maybe this will be enough to make the visor stay in place.

[83Eagle!]

So the visor is moving and the rod is staying in place?

[vangremlin]

So the visor is moving and the rod is staying in place?

Yea, you flip the visor up and it slowly rotates down.  The rod stays where you put it.

[carnuck]

I put a screw through close to the hinge corner to crimp it tighter or velcro on the ceiling to keep it up.

[priya]

I had a droopy visor on my 75 Buick.  I put corn syrup in the hinge and it stayed where I put it after that.

[eagleman]

Corn syrup? Your kidding us right?Never would have thought of that but I like it! Gotta tell ya got a big chuckle out of that and will be thinking about that all day.Good one!!!

[IowaEagle]

Ahhhhhhh, the uses for corn.  Maybe we need to grow some in Iowa.

[vangremlin]

I had a droopy visor on my 75 Buick.  I put corn syrup in the hinge and it stayed where I put it after that.

Its not the hinge itself, its just that visor itself rotates down on the rod.  I've tried putting some tape on the rod but that didn't help.  Thanks.

[priya]

Corn syrup? Your kidding us right?Never would have thought of that but I like it! Gotta tell ya got a big chuckle out of that and will be thinking about that all day.Good one!!!

No, I'm not kidding.  The visor kept falling down and I couldn't think of anyway to tighten the hinge so I thought, corn syrup is really thick, I'll remove the visor and let some ooze intot the hinge and that should stiffen it up and it did.

[priya]

I had a droopy visor on my 75 Buick.  I put corn syrup in the hinge and it stayed where I put it after that.

Its not the hinge itself, its just that visor itself rotates down on the rod.  I've tried putting some tape on the rod but that didn't help.  Thanks.

I put the syrup where the visor rotates on the rod, not on the part that allows it to swing from windshield to side window.

[83Eagle!]

I just had a thought, but I am not sure if it available in a small enough diameter.  WHat about putting some pipe insulation wrap around the rod, then putting the visor back on.  If there is some thin insulation to increase the diameter slightly that might work.  The rough texture of the stuff I am looking at on our water heater pipes might do the trick.  Nit sure though.

[mechanic80]

Similar to the electrical tape idea, I used stainless steel  tape to increase the diameter of the rod slightly.  This was on my '86 El Camino but I'm sure it'd work on the AMC too, and it won't "bunch up" like electrical tape.

[vangremlin]

Similar to the electrical tape idea, I used stainless steel  tape to increase the diameter of the rod slightly.  This was on my '86 El Camino but I'm sure it'd work on the AMC too, and it won't "bunch up" like electrical tape.

Thanks for the suggestion.  Can I get the stainless steel tape from Home Depot or someplace like that?  Thanks.

[mechanic80]

The only thing close at Lowes or Home Despot is the foil tape used for duct sealing.  Not duct tape!  I've had this roll of  S/S tape for over 25 years and it's used sparingly.  No indication of manufacturer or distributor, though. 

[83Eagle!]

Check Builder's supply places for foil tape. Don't recall ever seeing any at Home Depot.

[shanebo]

Im not sure about these visors but I had an old ford that did that. I took out the rod and heated it with a blow torch then pounded lightly it with a hammer on an anvil till it was slightly oval in a few spots. Slipped it back in the visor and screwed it back into the car and it never flopped down again It worked on my old ford but I never really looked at these visors closely.