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Subject Topic: How to get elastic out of Pole?
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05/9/2010 at 6:59pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
 Outfit: OUtwell Vermont L
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Hello,

I think this ight be the stupid question of the week but...

I have an Sunncamp Evo 400 which has a broken pole section - the orange one.  I have got a replacement pole section from Sunncamp but I can't for the life of me work out how the get the elastic out of the existing pole so that I can remove the relevant pole sections, replace the broken one with the new one and thread everything back together again.

Is there any trick to removing the elastic from the existing pole so that I can untie the end and take the pole sections off?  I've tried wire but with no success.

Does anyone have any tips as to the easiest way to do this?  It can't be that hard!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Marcus



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05/9/2010 at 8:16pm
 Location: swansea
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Grab the end of the elastic with a tweezers or long nosed pliers.

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05/9/2010 at 9:08pm
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We had to do this several times with a wynster tent we had, fixed and sold it in the end!

We broke the split pole into bits to get it off, then undid the end of the elastic, threaded it through the new pole and retied, it was very fiddly and from what I remember took bit of time and swearing, lol



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05/9/2010 at 10:49pm
 Location: Bury Lancashire
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Pull the end pole away from the next pole along (below referred to as pole 2), grip the elastic in-between them and stretch it in the direction of the end pole as far as you can.

Stand on the elastic as it emerges from pole 2 to stop it "twanging" back, and that will give you plenty of slack to push back through the end pole and expose the knot.

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05/9/2010 at 11:15pm
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Sometimes the knotted end of the elastic gets just caked up with mud, and sticks to the inside of the pole and thats why you can't get hold of it .

Clothes peg also works instead of the foot on the elastic

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05/9/2010 at 11:16pm
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Thanks to all with your help.

I'm happy to report the job is now done! 

Re-threading the elastic back in ended up being an even bigger problem - it just wouldn't go through.  Had to resort to splicing some thread onto the elastic end with a needle on the end and droppoing the needle through each pole section.  This gave someting to pull the elastic through with.

Thanks again,

Marcus




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