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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2006Tent Pole Repair
(crossposted) We're camping with my daughter (et al) this weekend. Only last night did she reveal to me that the expensive Eureka! Sunrise 11 that I bought them has a "broken" pole. Further discussion revealed that it is only the elastic "shock cord" that apparently came unknotted and pulled OUT of the pole. How do we get that stupid elastic cord back through the pole(s)? There must be some sort of [something] that can be PUSHED through the pole onto which the shockcord (or smaller "pull cord") is attached to be pulled BACK THROUGH the tent pole. I have "fished" walls and pipe a LOT but never a passage as SMALL as the little, hollow tube running the interior length of each fiberglass pole. What's the procedure? TIA!  Signature:) JR You use a long thin wire like a needle as shown here. http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=240727 67&memberId=12500226 It just has to be longer than one section of the pole. Any thing thats thin enough and stiff enough to go through the pole should work. > (crossposted) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > What's the procedure? TIA! > (crossposted) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What's the procedure? TIA! You can buy them cheaply in various sizes at the usual stores. The last one I bought was less than $10. You should always carry spare shock chord with you. But try fishing line with a small split shot or two - make the line longer than the pole length - drop it thru and oull the cord thru. I use fishing line. I use about 25 LB test line and thread it through each piece and then tie the cord off. Pull the cord through and tie kntos Searcher One possibility that hasn’t been mentioned is to attach some sort of light weight cord to a ball/wad of paper that will fit through the poles and use a vacuum cleaner to suck it through. Remember to tether the bitter end. Signature[Dale] & Betty ‘02 Coleman/Fleetwood 25SL Caravan ‘01 GMC Sierra > (crossposted) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What's the procedure? TIA! Good Idea, however the tube size of tent poles negates the use of vacuum. At least what JQ public has. You just cannot create enough vacuum with your average cleaner. You would probably need a vacuum pump. Your idea is great for getting a pull line through PVC though, when you are running electric. Searcher > (crossposted) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What's the procedure? TIA! You can probably use the poles without the cord. Fix it when you get home. I was I just fishing on Lake Powell with a friend who had loaned his tent to another "friend." There "friend" had apparently never used such a tent and cut all the shock cords. My friend set up the tent anyway. |
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