This was very useful. I am going through the issue of replacing the whole visor. I only come across the visor for sale without the rubber bushing. This helps out now I can buy the piece and just simply swap out the bushing and save me a ton of cash!! Thanks!
Awesome... awesome!! For almost 3 months, I was hearing this rattling sound in my jeep, while driving, and I couldn't figure out where in the heck was it coming from. I thought it was from inside the dash. One day, in the evening, I was driving with this aweful rattling, and for no reason, I just put my hand on the visor. And that ratteling was instantly gone! I moved my hand away, and there it was again! So, next morning, I checked it out. And that rubber tube was missing. So, I gave the visor a little shake, and it made that familiar rattling sound. But, now, I could not find the rubber tubes. The dealership didn't have it, amazon was charging an arm and a leg . So, thanx for this video !!! Now I need to replace my softtop !!!
Easier if you cut the rubber tubing down the center. Then you can wrap/place it around the metal Rod without having to remove the rod or the visor. I haven’t seen anyone mention this method in all these tutorials. It’s such an easy cheat method! I didn’t break a sweat or use tools besides scissors. The rubber is so flexible my scissor blades fit right down the middle of the hole to cut form end to end!
Well, Ben, all I can say is that you must be blessed with super strength or I am just a weakling. After some great exertion (over a period of time, I might add!) I was able to release the metal rod, slide the new rubber tube over it, but could I refit it under my own steam? No. I had to get my son to pull open the U shaped opening whilst I tried to reintroduce the rod with the new sleeve. We failed! So, we were able to get the rod back in without the sleeve and I just slit the rubber tubing with a Stanley knife and slid it onto the metal rod, in situ. I discovered, when using my technique that the rubber sleeve was about 5mm longer than necessary and I believe it is this that compromised the refit with the sleeve as it just pushed the rod out of its socket, thus leaving too long a part of the rod to allow re-introduction. It might be an idea to let folk know that they should initially assess whether the rubber tubing is longer than necessary and trim accordingly prior to starting the whole process. In any case, my fix would suit the strength challenged such as myself😊. I think Chrysler could have better designed the whole fitting, knowing full well that the rubber sleeve would fail before the whole vehicle did, to allow ease of repair. But we all know why they would not do the obvious as they would prefer that one buys a new visor from Mopar at a substantially greater price! I nearly did exactly that, but when I saw the price I did a little more research and found this very cheap repair kit.
WOO HOO!! THANK YOU! Finally a video on that dang part! All the other vid are about the main bracket that seems to break often. 4 clicks and Im on amazon with $10 part that will be here tomorrow! BOOM! Wish everything was this quick an easy to fix brother!! 👍 (now watch me yank out the main visor bracket when I'm trying to remove that little metal piece!! HAHA!). Thanks again!
Very simple with a little hand strength! We were looking at the other videos where they take the whole visor off and put it in a vice grip. Crazy and unnecessary. Thank you.
Thanks man! I got the driver side done and the passenger side off now im about to pull a muscle trying to get the passenger side back in. Dang. I was going to slit it and put it on but didn't want it to be popping off if i pulled my visor over to the side to block the sun. Great video btw! ✌
Thanks! Super long like we should change it? Or super long like it gave you useful info about our channel.. but your in a hurry to see the video!? Haha
Took every bit of strength I had, but I got the pins out, then when putting them back in, had another person just press on my fingers as I pulled the visor apart...I just didn't have the strength to press in the pin while pulling the visor appart. Do not slit the tubes and put them on (at least not if they're rubbery) or they will just come right off the first time you unclip the visor. You need to pull the pin out, slide on the tube, put the pin back in, as hard as it is.
Hey, just thought I would ask - I live in Dallas and have a Wrangler. Been looking to maybe go out and do some mild stuff, no monster cliffs and boulders, just some trails to get me started. Anyone know of a way to learn about folks in Dallas who might let me and my son tag along some time? Thanks, hope you all have a great day!
