Re: broken sun visor mount

T <[email protected]> wrote:

> What in the world are you going on about?  Do you have a hangover by
> chance?

You're the same "T" in the Windows newsgroups to acquire knowledge for
free from there that you then charge your customers.  Expected your same
behavior here.  Maybe not here.

>>> Anyone know where I an get a replacement mount?  Or
>>> a cheaper solution?
>> 
>> https://www.1stsubaruparts.com/oem-parts/subaru-sun-visor-92011sa390ne?c=Zz1ib2R5JnM9aW50ZXJpb3ItdHJpbS1yb29mJmw9MSZuPVNlYXJjaCBSZXN1bHRzJmE9c3ViYXJ1Jm89Zm9yZXN0ZXImeT0yMDA2JnQ9eHQtbGltaXRlZCZlPTItNWwtaDQtZ2Fz
>> They want $94.  Still damn expensive, but less than your dealer quoted.
>> 
>> https://www.subarupartsforyou.com/oem-parts/subaru-sun-visor-92011sa390ne?c=Zz1ib2R5JnM9aW50ZXJpb3ItdHJpbS1yb29mJmw9MSZuPVNlYXJjaCBSZXN1bHRzJmE9c3ViYXJ1Jm89Zm9yZXN0ZXImeT0yMDA2JnQ9eHQtbGltaXRlZCZlPTItNWwtaDQtZ2Fz
>> They want $72.
> 
> Found the subarupartsforyou one.  I will use it as a
> last resort.  Or get use to getting hit in the head

Since you can't use the sun visor, why not use some self-stick velcro to
keep it held up against the ceiling?  Rather than the small squares you
find in the hardware store, you can go to a fabric shop to buy a wide
roll of velcro.  That may not have the self-stick glue already attached
since the store is selling stuff you sew into clothes, but you can also
buy spray glue that is non-permanent (aka tacking glue).  Instead of
glue, you could use double-sided self-stick carpet tape to hold the
velcro to the ceiling and to the visor.  I've used carpet tape to hold
rugs in place, and it does come off later, but you might need a hair
dryer and some soap or Goo Gone when you later remove the carpet tape.
Do NOT use hot-melt seaming or pressure sensitive tape.  Light-duty
carpet tape should work considering the visor doesn't have much weight,
and it's about 2" wide, so it has a lot of contact area for grip.

If the visor does not rest or touch the ceiling, you can use double-side
self-stick foam tape to build up a thick enough layer to get the velcro
on the ceiling to touch the velcro on visor.

Alternatively, from the hardware store, you could use self-stick window
weatherstrip sponge-foam tape.  It comes in various thicknesses.  I've
used the 3/4" thickness to stick on the bottom on my keyboards to keep
them from sliding around and absorb the impact when I smack them (those
folding plastic feet never survive).  One side has the glue you peel off
a covering sheet.  That would go on the ceiling since it can be removed
later.  On the side of the foam tape toward the visor, apply some
contact glue on the foam tape and the visor, let get tacky, and stick
together.  Or you could use the self-stick foam tape to stick to the
ceiling and span the space from ceiling to visor, and use self-stick
velcro strips on the foam tape to the visor.

From the hardware store, you could get self-stick butyl flashing tape to
put on the ceiling.  Then stick the self-stick velcro strips or squares
to the tape, and to the visor, and press together to hold up.  Sorry,
I've only used this stuff for sealing new window installs or the stuff
with a metal side (for sun/UV protection) for repairing gutters, so I'm
not sure how well it peels off later.

If the visor touches the ceiling, you could even use hot-melt glue;
however, I'm not sure if the usually flimsy and thin ceiling fabric will
not warp from the heat of the glue.

Since the visor is useless now and you're trying to always hold it up
and out of the way, but it flops around to hit you in the head, why not
just remove it?  There aren't screws in the mounting plate to let you
remove it?  If not, how were you going to install a replacement?  There
might be a plastic plug or cover over the screw(s).  They'll big an ugly
hole left in the ceiling fabric where was the mount.  You could get a
plastic plug you could drill some holes to cover the hole.  Paint the
plastic cover plug to match the ceiling fabric's color.  You might be
able to remove the plastic mount from the ball at the end of the rod,
and reuse the mount to cover the mounting hole.

If the crack in mount is allowing the visor to drop, seems like the
mount might be damaged inside which holds the end of the visor rod, and
why you mention the visor hitting you in the head.  Here's a video of
someone that use a fender washer and lockwasher to keep the visor up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMKqBTxnKdw

If there is no flange, or it broke off, maybe there's enough length
still left of the rod, if plastic, to drill a tiny hole through the end
of the rod, and use a cotter pin to hold the rod into the mount.

Is the mount cracked, or is the problem the visor won't stay up?  That's
a different problem.  I think someone here already mentioned using paper
clamps to squeese the visor tighter against the rod (which may only go
partially into the visor, so use the clamps on the visor near the
mount).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5kEhNZaxU shows how the clamp
works, but there needs to be some flex in the visor material to allow
squeezing it tighter against the rod.  

  I've used a couple of these to hold a handicap placard onto the visor, 
  because the elastic band built into the visor was deteriorated and  
  would not hold anything in place that thin.  In my state, hanging the 
  placard from the mirror is allowed only when the car is parked, and 
  not allowed while driving because the claim is it obstructs your view 
  through the windshield.  I wasn't going to bother with handicap 
  license plates for each car.  With the visor clamps, I just flip down 
  the visor to show the placard through the windshield.

Another cure shows at Youtube was to slide something along the rod to
effectively enlarge its diameter and apply more friction against the
visor, like sliding cable/zip ties along the rod.  One person just used
a self-stick velcro square (the hook side, not the fuzzy side) on the
rod, but only because they could pull the visor partly off the rod.

From what I see of images for sun visors in 2006 Foresters
(https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=2006%20forester%20sun%20visor),
there's the mount side and a clip side (near the rearview mirror).
Assuming the mount is cracked, I don't see how that would have the visor
hitting you in your head.  Is the mount-side of the rod held by the
mount, or is it dangling down and separate of the mount?  Or is the
problem the visor won't stay up on the rod inside of it?