[FONT=&quot]Hi,
I got my new sun visor and decided to look at the old one to see what went wrong. There is a bulb at the end of the shaft that is pushed past some barbs in the hinge base. this holds the shaft in place. There is a metal tube inside the shaft, but it ends just where the bulb starts. This is of course a high stress point and a bad place to end the tube. Result is that the bulb breaks off and the visor falls off if its not clipped in place. The good news is there is an easy repair, the bad news is that you lose the vanity light in the visor. The wires for the light go through the hollow shaft and you have to remove them to do the repair. The repair is simply to fit an screw through the broken bulb and into the metal tube. I also fitted an oversize washer under the screw head so the bulb does not have to take all the force. The screw is a M5 by 12mm (15mm would be OK). I used a cap head but any style will do. The washer I used was made of fibreglass, just because it was to hand. Ideally you should tap the metal tube in the shaft, but I found it was soft enough to allow the screw to self tap. On final assembly I used a little epoxy glue on the screw thread to lock it in place.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]You could drill the bolt for the wires but I did not think it was worth the trouble. I was also concerned about the insulation wearing on the metal and shorting out.
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[FONT=&quot]Any one want a repaired visor? I fitted the new one.
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[FONT=&quot]Robert.
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