How to: Fix a broken separating zipper on your jacket

[SatanCruz]

After monkeying Moike's RGM to Alices I busted the zipper on my jacket from moving around so much. It'd zip up, but the zipper teeth would separate. Anyhow, I learned a quick fix before taking it it to the repair shop.

The outside edges of a zipper press against each other to press the teeth together. What you're going to do is narrow the space between these edges with a pair of pliers. For a guide of how wide or narrow this space should be check the stop at the end of the zipper (the place where the tooth stops and is held after you thread it through the zipper body).

If you can't figure it out, just use the guess and check method and go easy on the metal - you don't want to break it.

[SatanCruz]

Grab some pliers. You're going to place them on either the side of the zipper like so, with the points of the pliers facing up the jacket. Squeeze lightly to tighten the gap. Check to make sure the gap is even along the length of the body of the zipper

[SatanCruz]

Test zip it, and test the tension on the teeth after you've zipped up the jacket. If it says together - success.

If it doesn't - try again with the pliers to narrow the gap a bit more.

If you can't get the zipper body to move the gap has been squeezed too tight. You can pry it open again, but the key is to go easy on the amount of force used. Ease up tiger.

If you break the metal on your zipper - you're screwed. Now's the perfect time for an upgrade or getting a leather repair quote.

[wackyiraqi]

If need be, you can also replace the shuttle altogether all by yourself: http://www.rei.com/product/609823

[antipathy]

Ghetto Fabulous!

[beauregard]

Will this work on MD? Its teeth are separating.

[The April]

Will this work on MD? Its teeth are separating.

Thats Nasty!

[SETHZILLA!]

Will this work on MD? Its teeth are separating.

pics or Al will fist you.






Lemme guess, thats a dollar right?

[Rotten]

Freddy Mercury never had his jacket (or pants for that matter) zipped so why should you? Get some knee pads and you could be a F.M. impersonator.

[SatanCruz]

Aww...I write a how-to and it turns into cock jokes.


I'm still trying to figure out if SF or SLO is gayer, and even though SF has the Castro I'm leaning toward SLO at this point.

[wackyiraqi]

Aww...I write a how-to and it turns into cock jokes.
I'm still trying to figure out if SF or SLO is gayer, and even though SF has the Castro I'm leaning toward SLO at this point.

Think again, dude:

[SatanCruz]

At least Tom isn't staring at it.

[beauregard]

Tom is staring at it.

Cock gayser.

[antipathy]

Please add these to the Vampire photo archive ASAP.

[SatanCruz]

I've got lazer eyes. I know what you're thinking.