RDom zipper won't Zip |
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Bill-GA
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Cumming, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 214 |
Topic: RDom zipper won't Zip Posted: 23 Aug 2013 at 2:25pm |
I'm out on my 3rd week in Northeast and the zipper on my RDom opened ABOVE the zipper doohickey. I can fool with it and get it zippered, but 50% of the time the zipper doohickey won't close the zipper. Any suggestion? Fortunately the mosquitoes aren't out!
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Bill & Bev
13 yr old dachshund 'Elsa' 2010 RP-176T (tent & slide-out) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2WD TV |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 7:50am |
Uhm, the did the zipper actually pull apart and separate?
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Bill-GA
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Cumming, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 214 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 8:22am |
Yes. I've pulled the doohickey back up to the top with some moderate force and it seems to hold for a while when I zipper down but I'm wondering if its really Not closing the zipper teeth all the way.
I'm thinking about opening the top of the zipper (opening small patch on top) then reinstalling doohickey so that maybe the zipper teeth will seat better as I pull it down. At this point it's almost useless so I'm getting more extreme in what to do. 'Doohickey' is what I'm calling zipper head that travels up an down ... Is there another name?
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Bill & Bev
13 yr old dachshund 'Elsa' 2010 RP-176T (tent & slide-out) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2WD TV |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 10:23am |
Thingamabob. I help where I can.... TT |
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 1:22pm |
It is called a tab like in zipper tab.
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 2:44pm |
And the tab is attached to the slide. I have repaired several zippers in the past, but for the most part I have failed. It is something normally left to an upholsterer. Or, if you are handy, sew in a new zipper. You might also Google "zipper repair" and find a solution.
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 3:32pm |
In Wisconsin we call it an "outfit." If there are lots of them it becomes a "regular outfit." |
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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Bill-GA
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Cumming, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 214 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 7:43pm |
Huh? I heard the nights in Wisconsin are long and cold ...
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Bill & Bev
13 yr old dachshund 'Elsa' 2010 RP-176T (tent & slide-out) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2WD TV |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 10:07pm |
Not at the moment.
In the old German communities it would been a "Gesheft." |
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 10:38pm |
Bless you.
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