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   Rod Speed to charlie@xxx.net   
   Re: keep a sunvisor from swinging to the   
   27 Sep 21 16:50:55   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Charlie+  wrote   
   > micky  wrote   
      
   > 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+   
      
   There isn't just one Loctite, some just increase the friction,   
      
   >>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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