You might get lucky on this one. I have been using the same fanny pack for about 10 years... every couple of years the zipper stops working and I take it in to be repaired. A couple years ago I finally figured out that they weren't replacing the whole zipper, just the slider. Apparently that's what wears out first. This year they finally had to replace the zipper itself, meaning the zipper lasted 5 times as long as a slider. Gary On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, at 12:43 [-0700], Nolan Hester (waywest@EARTHLINK.NET)...: > The beauty of a Westy is that there's always something new to fix: > > The zipper for my poptop's window just separated, fortunately at the > _end_ of a 10-day trip. My attempts to get it to rezip and get the > nylon coils to self-heal failed. (Funny, on my sleeping bags and > packs you just rezip and the teeth re-engage). > > Short of removing the whole poptop canvas (ugh), what's the best > option for repairing (more probably, replacing) the zipper? It's not > like I can use a sewing machine up there to put in a new zipper. > > TIA, > -- > Nolan > 87 Westy "Hanz" > > > |
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