Repairs/replacement of case (zipper)

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Bach5G
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Repairs/replacement of case (zipper)

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The zipper in my BAM case is broken. Does anyone have experience repairing/replacing the zipper? Is it difficult? Expensive?
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Don't know where you are, but there is a place in Brookline MA called "Zipper Hospital" that specializes in replacement zippers. Cost should be a lot less than a replacement case.

If all you need is a replacement pull, kits with them are pretty easy to find. And cheap.
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I did the same thing with two BAM Classics. I took the first one to a very good repair shop. They said it was impossible due to the way it was constructed. Same thing with the second.
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BGuttman wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:39 am Don't know where you are, but there is a place in Brookline MA called "Zipper Hospital" that specializes in replacement zippers. Cost should be a lot less than a replacement case.

If all you need is a replacement pull, kits with them are pretty easy to find. And cheap.
The split rings as used on key chains work well for zipper pulls!


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Re: Repairs/replacement of case (zipper)

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I've never owned a BAM case, so I can't speak directly to the particulars with those cases, but I have had zippers replaced on Reunion Blues bags. I also learned from the store that did the work, that sometimes you can make a temporary repair to a zipper by taking a pair of pliers and squeezing the glide (the part that moves) at the far end - away from the direction it is traveling to close the zipper. That part sometimes "spreads out' a bit, and doesn't properly close the zipper. If that doesn't work, sometimes they can replace the glide, rather than the whole zipper. I dealt with a luggage repair shop, and had good experiences and relatively low costs.

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