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Old 11-29-2017, 10:30 PM   #1
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Default Sun visor 29 CCPU

I will have to recover the sun visor and need to know what is the best way to bend the tabs that hold two stripes of metal on. Do you heat to bend the tabs or just bend them. Don't want them tabs to brake off. Thank you in advance.
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Old 11-30-2017, 12:48 AM   #2
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I recently did this same repair. Heat the tabs to cherry red before attempting to do any bending. Proceed slowly.
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Old 11-30-2017, 09:24 AM   #3
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Any trick to bending the tabs down after the cover is installed?
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Old 11-30-2017, 09:36 AM   #4
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What Rex stated is my concern also. I can't see how you could heat the tabs once the covering is installed, without damaging the covering. It would be nice to hear from people that have replace the covering on there CCPU visor concerning rebending the tabs.
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Any trick to bending the tabs down after the cover is installed?
Not really. after I'd heated the tabs and let them cool, the metal remained "pliable" (like new metal).The fellow that taught me this suggested that the heat "rearranges" the metal, making it pliable once again. I was cautious to only bend them ONCE after installing the strips over them. it all worked out better than expected, and my visor frame was a good piece to start with.
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Old 11-30-2017, 04:29 PM   #6
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The initial heating will rejuvenate? the metal. Don't do anything while its hot!
Put the cover on, put the strip over the tabs, then bend the tabs down. Do all this at room temp...
I also cut some pieces of plywood to fit the 3 sections of the visor, both sides, and after cementing the cover together, weighted them together, and it looks good(like it was stitched.
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Old 11-30-2017, 10:33 PM   #7
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Thank you all my truck is in restore mode. I have it in about a thousand pieces. My retirment project lol
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Thank you all my truck is in restore mode. I have it in about a thousand pieces. My retirment project lol
If you think you will have more time after retirement, you are going to surprised.
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If you think you will have more time after retirement, you are going to surprised.
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MY DAYS seems 22 hours LOOOONG--The Dog just SLEEPS!!! I DO spend a lot of time COOKIN'---Don't you feel PITIFUL for me?
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Sounds like you have found a good answer, Bill.
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I received a nice email from Marco about how to bend up the tabs holding the metal plates on the visor without breaking them later and rebending them once new material is installed. He said to use a very small tip on an acetylene torch and heat only the area where the bend is before trying to straighten the tab while still very hot. The heat softens the area where the bend is, annealing the metal so when reinstalling the new cover, the tabs can be bend down cold without much chance of the tabs breaking.
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Old 12-02-2017, 01:35 PM   #12
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Thank you Rusty that was more what I was looking for.
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Gunmetal blue 2: I agree with some of the others, my retirement days are entirely too short, and yes Bill, my dog sleeps near my desk while I try to get everything done. I almost daily as that old question: How did I do all this when I was working, BUT I have an answer - I move slower...
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Old 12-02-2017, 03:33 PM   #14
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Lots of helpful pictures here...

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