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   Charlie+ to All   
   Re: keep a sunvisor from swinging to the   
   26 Sep 21 07:16:12   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: charlie@xxx.net   
      
   On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:53:01 -0400, micky  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+   
      
   >How would you keep a sunvisor from swinging to the side?   
   >   
   >When mine, a 2005 Toyota Solara, is against the left window and I turn   
   >left, it heads for my head and I have to keep pushing it back.   
   >   
   >It's easy to oil something but I want to do the opposite.  What's the   
   >opposite of oiling called?  (Not de-oiling or unoiling. :-)  I want to   
   >search for a product that does that.)   
   >   
   >I havent' taken the visor out yet, but I dont' think there is much space   
   >between the tube and what surrounds it.   Can't stick a zip-tie in it.   
   >Maybe pouring talcum powder on the pipe will be abrasive enough to stop   
   >this?  (I'd like to finish the same day I start.)   
   >   
   >I only notice this when driving south early in the morning or north at   
   >sundown, on a day like today.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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