spider visor droop

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 03/21/2002 7:00:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> In my '74 I've installed a couple of small pieces of black stick-on velcro
> to the corner of the visor and the top latch. It works really well for me.
> The droop issue while the top is down is only a problem for me on one of my
> visors and when it bugs me enough I'll be putting on the spare asembly that
> I have. If your visors stay up with the top down, I suspect that your
> visors pin mounts are worn only over part of their circumference. Before
> you get too carried away with the drill (this job doesn't always proceed as
> smoothly as it sounds) you may want to think about my treatment method
> until the sagging becomes unbearable in any position. 
> 

Other than rubbing with a Viagra solution, other fixes I've used have 
included simply tightening the screws... the drill method (right, it is not a 
panacea but it may be a pancetta)... a heavy rubberband hitching the visor 
the top clip... and for the unfixable (in either up or down position), a 
heavy duty paperclip bent so that when the top is up it would hold the visor 
one way, and if the top is down it could be flipped over, stuck into the 
female part of the top latch and hold the visor the other way.

The best solution is to find a new visor that is not beyond the tightening or 
drilling methods, because if yours is that gone, the vinyl material is about 
to 1) split open at the weld and 2) disintegrate on the sunny side.

Side note: the 71 spider had somewhere in the vicinity of 150k miles on it 
when I stupidly sold it and it was 21 years old.  The driver's visor was gone 
and the passengers side was about to follow it.

The current 91 spider has amazingly over 100k now, do the math for its age, 
and both visors are perfect although I am reasonably sure the design and 
materials didn't change.

Go figure.

Charlie
LA, CA, USA

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