My Tom Tom keeps falling off the windscreen. I've tried cleaning the glass, warming the suction pad, pushing it on until the glass starts to bow out. Whats the trick. My Magellan XL600 sticks fine but not the Tom Tom.
The socket where the power lead goes into it at the bottom is starting to get loose because the lead now stops it from landing on the floor.
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GPS keeps falling off windscreen
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GPS keeps falling off windscreen
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Clean windscreen
Leave suction cup in sun in 'open' position (assuming it has a lever like my garmin)
Very light coating of window cleaner on suction cup
Press hard onto windscreen
Try to do it on a warm day (so air under suction cup is less likely to expand much - it'd get hot easily in the sun being sandwiched between a piece of glass and a black rubber disk)
....works for me, though i suppose you've tried all these tricks
Leave suction cup in sun in 'open' position (assuming it has a lever like my garmin)
Very light coating of window cleaner on suction cup
Press hard onto windscreen
Try to do it on a warm day (so air under suction cup is less likely to expand much - it'd get hot easily in the sun being sandwiched between a piece of glass and a black rubber disk)
....works for me, though i suppose you've tried all these tricks
one thing i have found with mine, on various windscreens,
my work van for one, in a certain spot it wont stick, and couldnt work out why, until i noticed that there is a very small stone chip, i can only assume that there is a very small amount of air passing through, it takes about 10mins for it to fall off, but if i move it away from that point is fine and will hold for months no probs,
same happens in my 4by as well,
just make sure there are no small stone chips in the vacinity, if there is try a different spot,
my work van for one, in a certain spot it wont stick, and couldnt work out why, until i noticed that there is a very small stone chip, i can only assume that there is a very small amount of air passing through, it takes about 10mins for it to fall off, but if i move it away from that point is fine and will hold for months no probs,
same happens in my 4by as well,
just make sure there are no small stone chips in the vacinity, if there is try a different spot,
Try one of the RAM Mount holders with the suction cap attachment, not cheap but will stay attached to the windscreen.
http://www.ram-mount.com/ramgps.htm
http://www.ram-mount.com/ramgps.htm
How many grain charge should I use in my Ramset gun ? Sorry but its getting funnier by the post.love_mud wrote:Aluminimum oxide sandpaper and JB weld.
The idea about the aryldite on the cable is also a good one.
( usual disclaimers )
It seemed like a much better idea when I started it than it does now.
It seemed like a much better idea when I started it than it does now.
yeah it was gettin funny, but someone always takes it too far!! Ramset is just being sillyMightyMouse wrote:How many grain charge should I use in my Ramset gun ? Sorry but its getting funnier by the post.love_mud wrote:Aluminimum oxide sandpaper and JB weld.
The idea about the aryldite on the cable is also a good one.
A speed camera would have prevented that!
We use heavy duty velcro and it is then secured to a specific place on the dash.
With the VE, and cars with steepply raked windscreens placing it on the windscreen means that it is just too far away from the driver and passenger. On the dash is a nice reach. Also the crooks are targetting vehicles for GPS's and even if you take them off the glass and put them in the consol or glovebox the round circle mark left on the glass is a dead give away.
Dashboard velcro could be more discreet.
With the VE, and cars with steepply raked windscreens placing it on the windscreen means that it is just too far away from the driver and passenger. On the dash is a nice reach. Also the crooks are targetting vehicles for GPS's and even if you take them off the glass and put them in the consol or glovebox the round circle mark left on the glass is a dead give away.
Dashboard velcro could be more discreet.
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