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That has happened to me maybe four or five times over the last few years.

I actually keep a small-grade electrical wire handy to string down and pull the shock-cord up when it happens.

I keep thinking of epoxying the cap on but then I worry if the bungee wears out it will be hard to replace. So far I've just lived with it because it only seems to happen once a year or so. I definitely found hammering in the pin keeps it in longer than just pressing it.

Try not to let the cap snap back into the tube when done with it,. The inertia can work the pin out of the cap.

We have a new style pin that is now threaded into the cap. No longer an issue. Not yet in stock under the replacement pin part number as far as I know, do re-assembly and install with some epoxy for a fix. Try not to let the cap snap back into the tube when done with it,. The inertia can work the pin out of the cap.

Author:	PeteCress [ Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:16 am ]
Post subject:	30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only One
This is the third time the knotted bungee and cap have come loose from the pin. viz: https://picasaweb.google.com/1081497986 ... 7707267202 I am guessing that my sin has been not removing the pin before flipping the hull on it's side to remove the wheels - subjecting the pin to a certain amount of twisting..... At least the slightly-deformed metal in the wheel frame seems to suggest that... But a press-fit of a steel pin into a plastic knob that gets subjected to repeated pushing/pulling/twisting seems to be a bad idea to me - and eventually my luck is going to run out and one or both are going to get lost in the failure process. So... Am I the only one? . Has anybody got a more elegant workaround than a 6mm SS bolt ?

Author:	recycle [ Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
That has happened to me maybe four or five times over the last few years. I actually keep a small-grade electrical wire handy to string down and pull the shock-cord up when it happens. I keep thinking of epoxying the cap on but then I worry if the bungee wears out it will be hard to replace. So far I've just lived with it because it only seems to happen once a year or so. I definitely found hammering in the pin keeps it in longer than just pressing it.

Author:	PeteCress [ Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:33 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
recycle wrote: That has happened to me maybe four or five times over the last few years. I actually keep a small-grade electrical wire handy to string down and pull the shock-cord up when it happens. I keep thinking of epoxying the cap on but then I worry if the bungee wears out it will be hard to replace. So far I've just lived with it because it only seems to happen once a year or so. I definitely found hammering in the pin keeps it in longer than just pressing it. Where I think I am going at the moment: 6mm (or whatever size is small enough to fit and big enough not to slide out by itself) bolt . String teather around bolt just below head, secured to the cargo bungee . Hunk of foam glued to bolt shaft also just below the head - to keep teather in place and to mitigate bolt's sliding around once in place. Actually, now that I'm thinking of materials at hand..... a section of bamboo (pretty tough stuff) chop stick and then as above. I was more interested in whether I was the only one and/or others see a flaw in the press-fit design.

Author:	mmiller [ Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:21 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
We have a new style pin that is now threaded into the cap. No longer an issue. Not yet in stock under the replacement pin part number as far as I know, do re-assembly and install with some epoxy for a fix. Try not to let the cap snap back into the tube when done with it,. The inertia can work the pin out of the cap.

Author:	PeteCress [ Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:30 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
mmiller wrote: Try not to let the cap snap back into the tube when done with it,. The inertia can work the pin out of the cap. I like that one better my theory... Thanks.

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Author:	frodo [ Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
I lost mine when it fell apart, I usually just look around for a stick now

Author:	recycle [ Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:16 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 30-cm Beach Wheel Retention Pin Failures: Am I The Only
mmiller wrote: We have a new style pin that is now threaded into the cap. No longer an issue. Not yet in stock under the replacement pin part number as far as I know, do re-assembly and install with some epoxy for a fix. Try not to let the cap snap back into the tube when done with it,. The inertia can work the pin out of the cap. Is it possible to order one of these to replace the old-style (non-threaded) pin/cap? Is there a new part number for it? I can't tell if this is the threaded-type or not: http://www.austinkayak.com/products/14845/Hobie-Pin-with-Shock-Cord-Cart-Keeper.html

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