The original sun visors in my '64 Olds convertible won't stay up. I replaced the sun visor/convertible top latches with new reproduction parts. I also installed new soft plastic bushings around the end of the sun visor shafts that fit into the latches, as well as new soft plastic tips for the center visor holder.

Then I had a friend push on the sun visors while I tightened the set screws, but the sun visors still flop down.

I'd appreciate it if anyone in this forum can give me a solution to this problem.

Thank you.

 

Me too. I've tightened the set screw as tight as it will go and I've put rubber sleeves on the pins and still the driver's side flops down in my face anytime I go over 50 MPH. You can only imagine how frustrating this is.

 

Thank you and at least you can drive with your visors up. Mine flop down while she's in my garage.

If anyone out there has a solution, both of us would love to hear it.

 

Are the ones for the conv the same as the hardtops?

 

I've looked fairly carefully, and it sure seems like it. Probably not as big a problem on sedans and HTs because of the (lack of) wind factor. I should also point out that my car is a '69 A-body, but I believe the basic sun visor design is the same as the '64 B-body.

 

Late to the visor party, but I have a suggestion…

First point is don’t overtighten the chrome adjustment screws or you’ll snap the hard-to-replace chrome.

Warmly suggest you go to your local bike shop & get a few inner tubes. Maybe mountain bike, maybe 10-speed. The inner tube rubber is a great insulation material that is just sticky enough to stay where you want it to.

It’s thin rubber, which can be cut to fit and wrapped around the outer visor arms to make them just thick enough to keep you from over tightening the set screws.

In the old days, we used medical tape or other tape to wrap the inner (mirror) gaskets too. This helped hold them in place.

Cheers
Chris