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I repaired my 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk passenger side sun visor. It had broke where the visor mounting bar pushes into the base on headliner. It is not metal the whole way, it was only halfway metal up into the mount. The plastic mushroom shaped piece that plunges into the mounting bracket had broke off. It finally started to fall out daily and became very aggravating. I called the dealer and found out a complete new replacement sun visor would be needed since they don't sell just the angled mounting bar. At over $670 I decided to try to fix mine.
I marked the visor bracket while in place on the headliner to know where it should be positioned before drilling the holes once I took it off and over to my workbench. Similar to how you would mark a pipe fitting before applying the cement. I drilled holes straight through the mount and then inserted the visor metal shaft to mark with the drill bit where the holes needed to align. I pulled out the mount shaft so I could drill the metal tube easier. I stuck a small screwdriver in the mount hole so I didn't drill the mirror wires. I then strung a piece of electrical wire through the holes to hold the shaft so it didn't fall out as it had been doing. I think it will work for me. The wire goes through the metal tube so it should hold for many years now. My wife never rotated the sun visor to block sun from the side window, so not having that capability now won't affect her. She just swings it down and up to block sun from the front windshield. At least I didn't have to pay close to $700 for a replacement. I believe dealers should make some profit on repair parts since they have to hold inventory for years before it's bought, but that kind of price is a little unreasonable.
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![Metal Shaft only half way in]()
![Wire thru mount]()
![wire thru base and metal shaft]()
![another photo of wire fix]()
I marked the visor bracket while in place on the headliner to know where it should be positioned before drilling the holes once I took it off and over to my workbench. Similar to how you would mark a pipe fitting before applying the cement. I drilled holes straight through the mount and then inserted the visor metal shaft to mark with the drill bit where the holes needed to align. I pulled out the mount shaft so I could drill the metal tube easier. I stuck a small screwdriver in the mount hole so I didn't drill the mirror wires. I then strung a piece of electrical wire through the holes to hold the shaft so it didn't fall out as it had been doing. I think it will work for me. The wire goes through the metal tube so it should hold for many years now. My wife never rotated the sun visor to block sun from the side window, so not having that capability now won't affect her. She just swings it down and up to block sun from the front windshield. At least I didn't have to pay close to $700 for a replacement. I believe dealers should make some profit on repair parts since they have to hold inventory for years before it's bought, but that kind of price is a little unreasonable.
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