560SL sunvisors

[mattcara]

hey can someone tell me how the HELL you keep these suckers up?

they are soo big and heavy, they wont stay up! i have replaced and tightened the screws but they dont stay up!

any suggestions? id love to hear some

thank you

[Tom McMenamin]

Do a search but what you need is new plastic clips that fit into the top of the windshield moulding. Go to eBay and get a reasonabale if not ridiculous price for two replacements!

[GermanMarque]

Have a look at this as a step by step from this site and also have a look at my post under sunvisor courtesy lights!.
107 floppy visor fix
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Finally did it. There've been numerous posts in the past but wanted to reduce it all to one (hopefully!) coherent source. It's actually not hard and shouldn't take over an hour, even if you've never worked on the visors before. Long, but I included everything I wish I'd known before starting.

How to Fix Floppy 107 Sun Visors:

Get about two square inches of fairly thin leather, maybe 1/16"; cut two strips about a half inch wide.

Tools: Phillips head driver, slotted screwdriver, Xacto or similar knife.

Remove the inside rear view mirror; pull it strongly toward you and it will pop out.
Remove the metal bracket which holds it (3 phillips screws). Keep the screws in their holes in the bracket.
If you have courtesy lights in the windshield header, make sure the power to them is off and pop them out; use a slotted screwdriver to pry the inside edge, toward the center of the car, loose, and carefully free up the light; the bracket for the bulb comes in from the outside edge.
Remove the plastic socket near the center that receives the plastic tab holding the visor in normal position (one phillips screw).
Moving to the lateral end of the header, there's a single phillips screw deep in a hole in the header itself near the mount for the sunvisor. Remove this.
Carefully remove the header on one side only, starting at the center end. It will be stuck into the windshield sealant, and may need a fair amount of careful, fairly gentle prying loose. Don't be afraid of it, but don't apply maximum force.
You've now got the entire sunvisor mounting clip exposed. The small screw MIGHT tighten the mount enough for your needs, but we'll assume it doesn't.
Remove the two larger screws holding the mounting clip to the windshield frame. Note how the wire to the vanity mirror light passes under the visor stem.
Loosen or even remove the small screw that tightens the plain metal retaining clip into the mounting bracket. This will loosen the bracket on the visor stem. It's also held by a rivet, so it won't come apart.
Slide a strip of leather under the metal retaining clip so it lies between the clip and the ball of the retaining stem. If necessary, GENTLY pry the clip away from the bracket to allow this; don't overstress the rivet.
Trim the excess leather with your knife.
Tighten the tensioning screw so it still allows a little motion.
Re-mount the sun visor, making sure that the vanity light wire passes under the visor stem. Tighten the tensioning screw to desired firmness, making sure that you also set the tension on the visor-to-rod screw found on the visor itself near the lateral edge. You want the visor on its rod to stay in place well, but to move with less force than it takes to move the rod in the mount. You also want the mounting bracket tension to hold the visor well in place in any position; you should be able to put the visor anywhere and have it stay firmly without support, as when you need to swing it out to the side window to block sun from the side.
Replace the windshield header trim. Insert the lateral end into place and adjust the wire. If you left one side in place, it will help as you'll know exactly when you've got it fully seated laterally and the center end fits into place.
Replace the single lateral screw, the light and the plastic retaining clip socket.
Repeat for the other side.
When you're finally done, replace the mirror socket with its three screws.
Replacing the mirror in the socket is the hardest part of the whole procedure. I wound up using a padded segment of 1x1 wood stock and a rubber mallet.
Good luck!

[mattcara]

OMG? are you kidding? i lost you after remove the mirror. thats way too involved for me..

thanks for the help tho... i think im gonna just f***** rip them off and thro them away!

[David Langsam]

Use velcro.

[dmorrison]

Originally Posted by mattcara

OMG? are you kidding? i lost you after remove the mirror. thats way too involved for me..

thanks for the help tho... i think im gonna just f***** rip them off and thro them away!

Go to the dealer, they can fix it.

Or follow the instructions above.

Dave

[Roncallo]

Originally Posted by mattcara

OMG? are you kidding? i lost you after remove the mirror. thats way too involved for me..

thanks for the help tho... i think im gonna just f***** rip them off and thro them away!

Dont get discouraged mine were fixed after the step wher it says the small screw may be enough to tighten it up. It works fine and takes about 15 min.

John Roncallo

[GermanMarque]

For the picture version try looking at the 107 post, nine posts earlier under 107 courtesy lights! Seems when it comes to the 107 Model, the greatest grief seems to be wayward sun visors. P.S. Don't remove and throw them away, remember the old saying "You never know what something means to you, until it's gone" + it's sick eagle to drive without them!

[mattcara]

i was only kidding ,,

i have tightened them and they stay up alittile more now. i have to just laugh about it now..!

[cbdo]

I actually wrote the long post above; now the world knows why I'm not a tech writer!
I redid mine a couple of evenings ago; it's actually perhaps a 15-minute job or so. A tip: Repositioning a piece of leather shim that's already in there is harder than removing it and putting in a new one that you'll then trim after inserting. Also, new plastic clip sockets on the header (for the plastic tab from the visor) are a lot tighter than old ones, especially if the old ones are broken. That replacement in itself is about two minutes if you're slow.

[GermanMarque]

Originally Posted by cbdo

I actually wrote the long post above; now the world knows why I'm not a tech writer!
I redid mine a couple of evenings ago; it's actually perhaps a 15-minute job or so. A tip: Repositioning a piece of leather shim that's already in there is harder than removing it and putting in a new one that you'll then trim after inserting. Also, new plastic clip sockets on the header (for the plastic tab from the visor) are a lot tighter than old ones, especially if the old ones are broken. That replacement in itself is about two minutes if you're slow.

Craig Bethune

Craig, I thank you from the bottom of my once saggy visors. I saved your article ages ago for a to do, however not the author. Please accept my apologies, as this "ebanyon" is worth every word in controlling these wayward visors. A brilliant article. From all the "saggy, baggy and loose visor owners out there..THANK YOU!
Brian.

[cbdo]

Just one more word--I finally broke a clip (the female side, mounted in the header) and therefore replaced just the female part on both sides. It really does help, and it adds an extra 90 seconds or so to the procedure!

[johncash]

Just visit a local ACE store get their smallest container of MEK. Use a little on a Q-tip and clean the metal inside the clips and then the plastic bar that contacts the clips.
I did this 2 years ago and have never had a problem
J$

[jaychristopherjones]

I have a 560 SL with a recurring problem of breakage for the plastic clips on the driver's side sun visor. I see your mention of these clips but do not know the correct description of the plastic part and how to install it. Any help there for finding one and understanding how to correctly install it? Chris

[jaychristopherjones]

I could not find the plastic clips on ebay, only the entire sun visor. Any help would be appreciated. If you would rather email me directly, please use pinoak.jones@verizon.net. Chris