RobinTR6 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Just a quickie, replacing one of my sun visors. Question is...... Does the rod (s) for the visors just pull out of the old visor and push into new ones ???. Mine are really stiff so dont want to get myself into any trouble with the replacement. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carld Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Robin, they do just pull out, squirt of WD first. They obviously do want to have some resistence, so they dont come down of their own accord. Cheers Carl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobinTR6 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Carl many thanks Robin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Thanks for this. I am replacing mine this weekend and had the same thought. The visors are welded on the rods! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 This is a job i need to do as well. where's the best place to buy a new set of sun visors? steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I bought mine from Moss. They worked out slightly cheaper than Rimmer Bros. There were some options on ebay but I just decided to go for Moss and receive a free parts catalogue for bedtime reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue cedar Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Do the moss ones compare well to the origonals? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yes. I haven't looked too closely but they look good. Certainly better than the beaten up original ones I have. I will take a photo at the weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kcsun Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Snap, just received my new visors from Rimmer's Will look to fit them as well this weekend so this advice was really useful (normally the advice comes minutes after I have just broken what I was trying to fix kc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 How did you get on kc? I tried to take mine off at the weekend and they feel welded on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Gavin, if the visors are anything like the 4/4A items then the visor should 'just' pull off the spindles. The spindles are firmly attached to the boss at each end and in the middle and shouldn't come out. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Okay, thanks muchly Roger. I will try again - just didn't want to cause more problems by damaging the spindles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) The TR6 ones are different to 4/4A. On a 6 the rod goes all the way through the visor so that it can be swivelled round to the side window. On the 4/4A the two rods on each visor are short and no swivelling is allowed. So there's a lot more length to rust on the 6 version, hence it can be a struggle. Twist and pull. Edited February 3, 2014 by peejay4A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Pete, thanks for that - I think I'll leave future TR6 queries to the experts. Why did TRiumph change so many things. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) The TR6 ones are different to 4/4A. On a 6 the rod goes all the way through the visor so that it can be swivelled round to the side window. On the 4/4A the two rods on each visor are short and no swivelling is allowed. So there's a lot more length to rust on the 6 version, hence it can be a struggle. Twist and pull. The visor pivot rods are made up of 2 pieces for each visor, a long outer one that bolts to the screen frame bracket and a short inner end one that clips in the rubber boot. see catalogue page items 57/58/59 http://tinyurl.com/q7cfgfh Both bits of rod are removable (ha ha) but usually only when new. If you are replacing the visors perhaps destroying the old ones to retrieve the rods is your preferred route. They are virtually the same as Spitfire and GT6 see Newton Commercial. The inner end rod has a knurled section one end to make it bind in the visor. The visor inner frame is a wire form with a couple of tubes where the rods go in. If your visors keep drooping try squashing the tube in the visor that the outer rod goes into a touch so it grips the outer mounting rod. Cheers Peter W Edited February 3, 2014 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Memory fade obviously. I can't remember mine being like that but then I can't remember what I was doing last week. Edited February 3, 2014 by peejay4A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hogan1945 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Please let us know the out come of your visor replacement. I was going to replace mine this spring Thank You Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigbush Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) The visor pivot rods are made up of 2 pieces for each visor, a long outer one that bolts to the screen frame bracket and a short inner end one that clips in the rubber boot. see catalogue page items 57/58/59 http://tinyurl.com/q7cfgfh Both bits of rod are removable (ha ha) but usually only when new. If you are replacing the visors perhaps destroying the old ones to retrieve the rods is your preferred route. They are virtually the same as Spitfire and GT6 see Newton Commercial. The inner end rod has a knurled section one end to make it bind in the visor. The visor inner frame is a wire form with a couple of tubes where the rods go in. If your visors keep drooping try squashing the tube in the visor that the outer rod goes into a touch so it grips the outer mounting rod. Cheers Peter W Thanks Peter. I wish I had known this before I had started! You are absolutely correct. I managed to pull each visor off - leaving the main half of each spindle on the bracket. But the smaller other half leading to the rubber boot was firmly left in each visor. No amount of pulling or twisting with pliers could get them out and all I managed to to was start taking the metal off the end of the spindle. So the visors are on but only half. I guess I will need to order ome new spindles. Also I noted that the old spindle inside each visor was slightly rusted. Edited February 9, 2014 by Trigbush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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