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I believe this has been addressed in one of the forums before, but there is always room for Jell-O...I mean there is always room for another way of doing something.
The tether for my Tour-Pak came loose at one end and allowed the lid to flop all the way over. It bent the hinges, but didn't damage the Tour-Pak itself. <insert photo of me looking relieved> Replaced the hinges and properly secured the original tether. I chose to install a backup tether for the day when the original breaks again. Not if it breaks again, but when it breaks again.
Got a few feet of metal chain at the hardware store. Snipped it so it would let the original tether bear all the weight when attached. Piddled around with various nuts and bolts and fastened it as shown in the photos. If/when the first one breaks the chain will stop it.
Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but imagine being out on the road in someplace like Tentflap Kansas and having the lid for your Tour-Pak break off. Bummer.
Thanks for raising this issue,I'm going to pick up some heavyweight fishing line and weave it around the original tether.Should be a quick cheap effective solution.
Interesting, only today I have dismantled my ole tourpak, to replace the hinges and catches with Premium ones. The tether on my 1987 tourpak is very different to yours, with proper little swivels each end. It's still apart at present, but I'll take a photo to show it off, when its all back together again!
Interesting, only today I have dismantled my ole tourpak, to replace the hinges and catches with Premium ones. The tether on my 1987 tourpak is very different to yours, with proper little swivels each end. It's still apart at present, but I'll take a photo to show it off, when its all back together again!
Hey Graham,
While it is apart measure the tether and post the length. Maybe it can still be bought with the proper swivels and will fit newer models.
have to check the old fishing gear and see if I still have some old leaders and swivels. They are handy for attaching all kinds of things including fish hooks
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Tour-Pak back-up tether.
