[T3] Sunvisor,

[Dave Hall]

There are axle caps that contain a similar thing, made to put on axles for
toys etc, but I don't know if they come apart.


Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Forsmo
Sent: 10 July 2013 19:03
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Sunvisor,

>Can you gently lift the teeth a bit at a time and get them off that way?
>Sometimes you can almost unscrew that sort of lock washer with a bit of 
>tilting.

<Alternatively, maybe you can get new lock washers,
>but I've no idea if that's easy.

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club

I've tried that "teeth lifting" thing, previously with about 50% success.
Trying to stabilize the visor arm in a vise and prying one tooth at a time
... with one hand ... is (almost) impossible, for me.
You need about 4 hands and several pointed tools.   It seems the
grooves are not "screw-like" but rather individual rings on the shaft.

I guess I could cut the shaft off, below the washer and PUSH it off ...
downward, rather than trying to manipulate it to PULL the washer off in the
opposite direction which it was assembled.

I did learn that the sun visor mount, shaft, spring and lock washer could be
removed  by rotating the shaft 180° and pulling the entire assembly out from
the vinyl visor .

I've searched many hardware sources and can't seem to find any internal
tooth lock washers that are made of spring steel, like the OE items.  The
lock washer teeth are also "tilted" to serve their lock washer function,
rather than the "push-on grabber" OE washers.

Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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