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• Verify the Spectra ® centerline is knotted, finger- trapped and sewn. 

• Verify the colored eye location of the centerline is marked green. 

## Main Deployment Bag Repair—Closing Flap Grommet Pullout 

• Applicable products: All main deployment bags 

• Description: Repair of main deployment bag 

• Authorized repairmen: FAA Senior or Master Parachute Rigger 

• Materials: E thread, Type-4 tape or equivalent and grommets to match original 

• Machines: 301 straight stitch—medium duty 7–11 SPI and 308 zigzag—medium duty 7–11 SPI 

• Equipment: Scissors, seam ripper or scalpel, marking pencil, 6-inch ruler, grommet set, and hole punch 

## Procedure 

The most common repair needed to a main deployment is the repair of the closing flap in the area of the grommets. The grommets work loose and pull out, damaging the material. The tongue will need reinforcing and new grommets. 

## Disassembly 

1. Remove grommets from the tongue of the bag. 

2. Unpick the binding along the edge of the grommet reinforcing tape. [Figure A] 

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## Reassembly 

1. Overlay a piece of 1.5 inch Type-4 tape on the top of the bag tongue and sew down. [Figure B] 

2. Punch new holes through the Type-4 from the back side in the same location as the original location. 

3. Overlay the back side of the tongue with a piece of 1.5 inch Type-3 tape and sew down. [Figure C]  Punch new holes through the tape. 

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4. Sew down the binding tape and rebind as needed. [Figure D] 

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5. Set new grommets in the original locations. [Figure E] 

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