suction mount - ripped cup at spring

I've been driving my son's car with my old Garmin Nuvi 260.
For some reason, the suction cup was not attaching, or staying attached
to the windshield. I thought it was because the cup was stored in the
console,
and was slightly deformed and not able to create a reliable seal.

Well, after finally reviewing the cup, spring, lever, etc - looking for
clues...
I discovered that the rubber disk is ripped at the attachment point
to the round metal disc at the end of the spring area,
and therefore doesn't "pullup" totally when the lever is flipped.

I'm guessing my son un-does the GPS
and flips the lever and wrestles the mount from the window,
which has over time ripped the rubber disc attachment point....
I tend to flip the lever and pry the disc from the window.
Anyway - just ordered a new mount on eBay (says it's the real Garmin).

SO - has anyone else ripped their rubber disc from the mounting spring area
?


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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:16:00 -0500, "ps56k"


My suction mount never left the box. Before I used the GPS for the
first time, I upgraded to the bean bag mount.

On 10/21/10 7:08 PM, Cleaver wrote:

...thereby putting a pound-and-a-half projectile just below eye level 16
inches from your head in a vehicle going 60-70 mph on a public highway
where idiots drive...talking on their cellies and screwing with their GPSs

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:14:08 -0400, Howard Beale wrote:

It's not BEHIND you, where it could continue moving at 60MPH when the
car stops at a concrete wall. It's in front of you. Where it might fly
into the windshield. But any impact that's at enough speed to cause it
to be "flying" rather than "sliding slowly" is also going to trigger
the front airbags, and when that happens, the GPS is going through the
windshield no matter what mount it's on.

Come up with a real reason. "I'm allergic to beans" maybe. Or "I don't
want to pay the extra $20".

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Crowds want to beat, journalists deserve to be beaten. Where lies
the problem?
-- Lars Syrstad

Me, I have no objection to them other than I just don't like beanbag/dash
mounts. I keep my GPS up high on the windshield right next to the rearview
mirror.