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Subject Topic: problem with poles on conway challenger
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19/5/2008 at 5:00pm
 Location: Crosby Merseyside
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Can any one help?  We have a 1995 challenger,we got it at the end of last season.  We have put it up today and there is a problem with the spring buttons that are on the poles.  They are not holding the poles in position.  We put some new ones on but they are no better than the old ones. We need to know what to do other wise the poles just keep colapsing.  Any body got any ideas?
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19/5/2008 at 7:30pm
 Location: www.neacc.co.uk
 Outfit: CONWAY CHALLENGER 1990
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i guess the springs are a V shape,if so can you not bend the V  out a little.this means when putting them back in the poles they should be more spring on then.

 

hope you know what i mean.

 



20/5/2008 at 1:17pm
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the other thing to make sure is that if you have bought some replacement spring buttons, that the hole that the button pops through is big enough. ive bought some "non dealer" items in the past, but had to slightly enlarge the button holes in the frames to allow free movement of them.

 

please also make sure you have positioned the spring correctly, they dont just sit inside the tubes centrally,the button side sits flat against the inside of the tube, thus giving maximum springyness!!



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Steve.


20/5/2008 at 1:52pm
 Location: Gloucestershire
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Hi Steve

Can I just ask how you get the replacement spring buttons into the poles?  We need to replace some of ours but can't figure out how to get them in there!



21/5/2008 at 7:35pm
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Just giving this a little bump to see if anybody knows the answer!



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