Date:         Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:25:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Decent grab loop?
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <65871B0E-9BB2-4782-9205-7F927021EDF7@gmail.com>
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I should-a saved the strap so I could photo it.

It simply pulled apart on both sides of the hole, where the strap is at
its thinnest. From the day I put it up and tugged on it I thought that
it felt too stretchy to last for long. Lacking the cotton cordage core,
it's just rubber. Got it from Airhead, as Jim Thompson pointed to.

I presently weigh 175 lbs and the thing should not have parted the way
it did. Before it parted, my son (165 lbs) used it and commented that he
didn't feel it was trustworthy, the way it stretched.

If this is the only available replacement, I'm not impressed.

-- RJS

Sent from my cotton cordage core.

On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 12:09 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote:

> Maybe some small rodent ate through the innards of your strap-on the van handle. Same as a bug's. Where's you get your last one from?
>
>
> BenT
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> sent from i don't know jack
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> On Jul 16, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Vanagon <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > The OEM grab loop inside my '84's sliding door finally came apart last year. I replaced it with one I found online somewhere. Unlike the OEM loop, which had a core of what looked like cotton cord, the replacement has no such core and it's stretchy. It parted this morning, nearly sending me tumbling, so I need to find a proper one to replace it. Who sells the good ones?
> >
> > Sent from my smartphone with tiny screen & even tinier keypad.