Pinlock issues - what've I done wrong?

[Wonko The Sane]

Recently I took my pin lock out of my visor to give both a good clean.

I put it back in and couldn't work out why it's misting up until realised today that it's not touching the visor at the bottom.

I can push it up the visor so that it does touch and stay there, but then it's not touching at the top, when I pull the visor down the pin lock drops again and stats steaming up.

What've I done wrong when clipping the two together?
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[Ben90]

The 'pins' that hold the pinlock in place can be rotated with a small screwdriver or similar, they work like cams and adjust the pressure on the pinlock to provide a better seal.
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[ws4936]

[arry]

Did you take the visor off, lay it flat, and put the pinlock in, then let the visor back up again?

[stinkwheel]

I once again re-iterate my oppinion that pinlocks are Emperors new clothes.

My first one got fucked-off within a couple of hours for rendering my visor impossible to see through on a dark, wet night by fogging up on the inside (of the insert, not between the insert and the visor) and creating starburst effects from oncoming headlights.

I recently gave them one last try, fitted one to my new lid.

All fine for the first go. 300 miles of mixed motorway and back roads. Minimal steaming. Overnight camp then off into town for some scran. Left my helmet on the seat of the bike.

Came back out to see my helmet steamed up between the pinlock and the visor. Closer inspection shows it has spontaneously buckled and deformed at the top corner. I can only assume because of the sunlight through the visor following frost (was a very sunny February day).

Another £25 down the fucking pan.

I might ratch it out of the map I stuffed it in and post some pictures if I can stand the sight of the fucking thing.
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[Wonko The Sane]

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[SteveSmith]

[stinkwheel]

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[Wonko The Sane]

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[JamesE90]

£15 for a Foggy - one of the best things I've bought and stops the girls seeing my hamster cheeks

[chris-red]

Trying pulling the visor apart i.e. flattening it to get he pinlock to seat properly, I've used pinlocks for years with few issues.
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[talkToTheHat]

You have the pinlock insert rotated too far down. Lay the visor on a soft cloth, open it out and push the pinlock insert up. Was a big pain in the ass on my hjc fg-15, once I had the pinlock aligned, is open my vior in the rain and need to reset it. The newer pinlock max fittings with recesses in the visor work better. Never had an issue with the pinlock in my shark speed r.
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