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I picked up a used hammock seat for cheap. The seat itself looks perfect but the sling has slipped and the plastic tabs are broken (that's why I got it so cheap). What do you use to pull the sling back out and up into the grooves? I've seen photos of the finished product but not the actual procedure.
I've only spent a few minutes on it but I thought I'd ask if there was a trick before I waste too much effort reinventing the wheel. Lol
Read that link thats posted above, but you just use a couple pairs of needle nose pliers or something to pull on each side of the plastic bar, to get it back out from under the foam. If your tools are clean and you don't fight it too much, you can get it back into place without marring the material all up. Just be patient, and wiggle as you pull it out from under the foam, and turn it up as you go and back into the slot it suppose to sit in.
I drilled a hole and used one short 1/4-20 bolt with flat washers and nylon locknuts on each side to secure mine once I got it back into place. It's easy enough to do, once you get a hold of it and start dragging it back out... and you got to rotate the leading edge up, as its coming back out, and into the slot. Thats the toughest part because it wide, and you have to compress the foam as you're rotating it to pull it back up into the slot.
FYI, Post #26 in that thread shows a pic of the area before a couple staples are removed so you can see what you are doing. Those couple of staples is all I had to remove to do this, and then staple it back after I was done.
Read that link thats posted above, but you just use a couple pairs of needle nose pliers or something to pull on each side of the plastic bar, to get it back out from under the foam. If your tools are clean and you don't fight it too much, you can get it back into place without marring the material all up. Just be patient, and wiggle as you pull it out from under the foam, and turn it up as you go and back into the slot it suppose to sit in.
I drilled a hole and used one short 1/4-20 bolt with flat washers and nylon locknuts on each side to secure mine once I got it back into place. It's easy enough to do, once you get a hold of it and start dragging it back out... and you got to rotate the leading edge up, as its coming back out, and into the slot. Thats the toughest part because it wide, and you have to compress the foam as you're rotating it to pull it back up into the slot.
FYI, Post #26 in that thread shows a pic of the area before a couple staples are removed so you can see what you are doing. Those couple of staples is all I had to remove to do this, and then staple it back after I was done.
I didn't have vise grips at home so I gave up pretty quickly. I agree that getting it to turn the corner is going to be the trickiest part, that's where I stopped. I'll also pull the staples onn that flap and then just staple it back when I'm finished.
I have some m6 bolts with large washers built in and some clip nuts that I think I can slide down the back side to secure it all.
I can put a diesel engine and automatic transmission back together, I hope I can fix this seat. I only paid $100 CAD (approx $75 usd) for it so it's woth the effort.
You'll get it lol might try to get some other hands in there to help by pushing down on the foam with a wide ruler(s), or something wide and flat, under the piece you're trying to pull up and into place, to compress that foam padding so you can make the turn.
It took 2 of us to work it around the corner but it's fixed.
Is there any way to tell which model of hammock it is? I was told it was on a 2020 Road Glide but i done know how to tell if it's the newer, Rushmore seat or the older model hammock that everyone says is actually more comfortable.
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