Creaky sun visors are driving me crazy! Help!!!

[Manhattan]

Okay Slickpawn, that's a brand of bearing grease... but the process? When this was last discussed, the guys determined it was a bit of a hassle - the "bearing" or spring is somewhat buried in the little plastic hinge cover. One suggestion involved drilling a hole - to lube it. Did you just disassemble it and glue it back?

 

[Jimthom]

X4.
Awful.
Need to lube it where it rubs.

 

[Slickspawn]

Maybe I got lucky but all I did was remove visor, stand on end, apply a few drops of my RC Car bearing oil on the pivot and let it drain into the visor. Work the visor until squeaky squeaky is gone. Reinstall.

Admittedly I use that bearing oil on everything. And admittedly I have about 4 types of oil and 10 or so needle type oilers. Old RC car racing habit. Tamiya TRF forever.
My favorite is Trinity Royal Oil.

 

[badlander]

Slickspawn has the CURE!! I'm trying it this weekend because they are STILL DRIVING ME CRAZY!!
Thanks Slickspawn!

 

[Manhattan]

I keep picturing this... I lube the hinge, the noise is gone... but the visor swings like a sack on a bull. Hoping there's something in that mechanism that's adding the requisite resistance.

 

[djernie]

Maybe I got lucky but all I did was remove visor, stand on end, apply a few drops of my RC Car bearing oil on the pivot and let it drain into the visor. Work the visor until squeaky squeaky is gone. Reinstall.

Admittedly I use that bearing oil on everything. And admittedly I have about 4 types of oil and 10 or so needle type oilers. Old RC car racing habit. Tamiya TRF forever.
My favorite is Trinity Royal Oil.

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I will order some and see if it works on my visor. It's only my driver side not the passenger.

 

[badlander]

I oiled mine and it helped a little but there is still noise. You can see the mechanism it you remove the secondary visor (the plastic one) and look at that one. I think it works the same way. I put silicone grease on that one and it helped a lot but its still very stiff to move. Feels like its going to break off when I move it.

 

[LEX]

I used armor-all. Not a true lubricant, but I was concerned of it sagging with time. Simple to take off if I need to do it again later. I had it against the wall and sprayed a little where the rod enters the visor. Off and on for about 30 minutes to let it run in there moving the rod in and out every once in a while. Now it's super quiet and still tight like it should be.

 

[Live to Ski]

Has anyone else verified the LEX solution?

Note only occurs when hot/in the sun on my rig.