refinishing sunvisor arm

[rsporsche]

anybody have a good suggestion for removing the clip that secures the sunvisor arm to the base? i have tried prying, pulling and every obvious way ... but i am obviously missing something. i want to remove the arms, have them re-chromed and install on new bases.

 

[tdgray]

Just did it Scott... Like an hour ago. Vise grips... Lightly push in and turn. It all of a sudden just pops off.

I opted for a nut to replace the clip when installing.

 

[rsporsche]

thanks Todd, didn't try the push down. will go give that a whirl. hooray - that worked. got them apart quickly.

 

[eriknetherlands]

Any chance of a pic of the part when disassmbled @rsporsche ?
Love to see it, as I'm gathering parts for rechroming. I never considered those 2 parts.

 

[rsporsche]

Erik,

they aren't very visible until the visor is down - i had a 3rd visor in need of repair. the part that is visible is the gnarly part with the curved metal

these are the springs + clips that were a PITA to remove - i see one of the washers stuck in the housing mount. interesting that the 2 springs that were in the mounts were shorter than the one that was in the trashed visor that didn't have a mount.

 

[eriknetherlands]

Can the chromed L shaped pieces be removed from the sunvisors without opening the vinyl ? Do they simply slide out in some way?
( I'm asking something while fearing the "while you're in there" effect)

 

[rsporsche]

absolutely Erik, you take out a single screw, turn the L shaped piece parallel to the width of the visor and it should gently pull out. there is a single flange on the arm and that has to lineup for it to come out. just move it around a little bit and then it just pops out.