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Topic: How can I mend this?

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AbbotAle

17/8/2010 at 8:44pm
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Hi,

First post so sorry if this is a daft question, but whil'st taking apart the roof poles and also the leg poles to my Ohio xl the connecting inner wires came away from inside of the poles on at least 2 roof poles and 3 leg poles. I dont believe I exerted a lot of tension on these wires whil'st dismantiling the poles, is this a regular occurence with the wires? is there a way to fix/mend this.

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17/8/2010 at 8:52pm
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Hello and welcome to the forum.

I wouldn't worry. A couple have gone on mine but everything still works fine.

dadsbeaniemad

17/8/2010 at 10:41pm
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I wouldn't wprry either.
You can rethread the shock cord if you wan tto but it's not worth the fiddle imo.
We have some poles where the shock cords gone but I've just left them (like FS) and they still do the job perfectly well.

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kate w

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The spring connectors are pretty rubbish, you can buy replacements but they'll only break again. If you're bothered about it the shock cord replacement idea works better but I think most of us don't worry about it as it makes no difference to the stability of the tent when pitched, you just have to remember which bits go where.

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AbbotAle

19/8/2010 at 8:13pm
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Many thanks for the replies, will take your advice and not bother attemping to mend the spring connectors.

Andy

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