re zipper repairs was tankbag in article carlp frigg carlp frigg isc br com carl paukstis writes bgardner pebbles es com blaine gardner writes yep it works like a charm i had the same problem after about years of constant use and i was thinking of seeing how much eclipse would want to install a new zipper but someone i think it was chuck karish suggested i try that trick it took a couple of tries to get the right amount of squish but it s been fine for about years since i squished it it should work for any of the nylon coil type zippers otoh i tried this on my hg concord jacket thursday night really i just made a tiny adjustment type of squeeze really is was your hg zipper the nylon coil type or the kind with molded plastic teeth i ve only tried it on the coiled nylon type and it doesn t take much squish to fix the problem i found i was overdoing it no broken parts but the zipper was too hard to pull so after spreading the zipper pull jaws again i tried with vice grips no not the usual grip of death technique i adjusted the closed vice grips so they were snug on the zipper jaws then released them and tightened the adjusting screw a bit a couple of iterations and i had just the right amount of zipper squish tm result i now know that noplace in spokane will even consider trying to repair a broken zipper closer thingy which must be a part which needs a tool to install i ve had two zipper pulls fail on my aerostich suit actually on the accessory ellipse and they sent me a few replacement pulls free of charge i don t know what brand of zippers hg uses but parts are available for ykk s plastic zippers replacement was pretty simple just break and remove the plastic knob at the top of the zipper that keeps the pull from coming off the top end slide on the new zipper pull then crimp on vice grips again a replacement zipper stop you might try fabric stores such and see if they sell replacement parts oh for what it s worth the coil type zippers on the eclipse tankbag are also ykk blaine gardner evans sutherland bgardner dsd es com
