<VV> RE: Sunvisor Replacement Question

[Alan Smith]

Geoff,

Thank you for your advice.  It was very helpful.  If I had not received your 
advice, I probably would have opened up the gap more and most likely would 
have fractured the shoulder. I was able to remove and replace the sunvisors 
last night without any damage.  It took a lot of WD-40, pulling and twisting 
firmly, but gently, and patience.  I did end up inserting the screwdriver in 
the gap a bit, but not much.  In the end I found that by pulling on the 
visor farthest away from the shoulder gave me more leverage and helped to 
get it out.

The new visors look great!

Alan

Message: 9
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:39:11 -0600 (MDT)
From: Geoffrey A Johnson <geoffj at unm.edu>
Subject: Re: <VV> Sunvisor Replacement Question
To: Alan Smith <agarrettsmith at hotmail.com>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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Alan,
The retaining screw has to be completely removed, it has a shoulder that
retains the visor.  Then once it is out, it will wiggle out slowly,
rotating it back and forth.  Use some light oil to help ease it out.  You
are correct that the casting is exceedingly brittle, so do not force it.

HTH
Geoff Johnson