How To Fix A Stuck Spring Button On A Shade Tent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- If you have a collapsable sun shade tent or other fold-up product, and the sprung peg gets stuck in its hole, here is how to fix it. The peg is attached to a u-shaped spring, so you just need to push something down the tube to move the push pin back into place. Different products work differently, but this worked well on my pop-up shade tent.
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Thank you so much for this video!! After a whole year of putting a stick in there and I finally put my tent away and bought a cheaper/smaller one but it was not the same. Today I finally fixed my tent thanks to you. Now my Face Painting events will pop with my original tent and new pink cover. 🎉
Glad it helped!
DUDE! I have been sticking a stick in the hole for 4 years now. I just used it again this past weekend and got fed up so I looked on TH-cam, found your video and in under 90 seconds I fixed it. THANKS SO MUCH!!!!! Huge Shout Out!
+Huron Scuba Awesome! When I made this video a long time ago, I knew that someday it would help someone. It is an unusual problem, but very annoying.
Same! Haha
Thank you so much! Mine had been stuck in, but the kicker was that it also got turned. I was finally able to get it back in place thanks to your video! Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot! You saved my day! I pushed the bottom when I was assembling the first time and then I was really frustrating when I lost it , thaks a lot!
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YOURE AN ANGEL THANK YOU- this happened in my walking cane and i was so worried i had broken it
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I did the fix and it totally worked. I used a barbecue skewer! Worked great!
Thank you so much for posting this! Had a pair of storebought crutches with a spring pin that stuck the first time i tried to adjust them. They say in a closet for months until I googled a solution and your video came up. Now they work great!
It’s been this easy all these years!?! Thank you!
Thanks you, i was getting pissed and was gonna buy a whole new one....your the man...
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This video is amazing! It worked perfectly. We were about to throw our pop-up gazebo out and instead, 5 minutes later it was fixed.
That’s great! I’m glad I could help. When I made this video, I figured very few people would watch it, but the ones who did it would be happy to find it.
Thanks so much! First I called Coleman and after getting all my information for marketing purposes, I suppose, they looked on their parts list. Didn't find it and agreed I should just return it. So then I checked TH-cam! Mine had fallen below the hole, so I used a very small bungee cord to hook it and pull it up. I can see what the problem is... when people have trouble getting them to lock it's only instinct to push on the button to see if it's functioning correctly. Problem is, you just push it in a little too far and if it slides up or down, it can't come back out. What I was slow to learn is that to get them to lock you don't push as would seem logical. Instead you simply have four people (two if you don't have four) pull the corner poles outward and the poles slide up and lock. Thanks again!
+Peter Christensen You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.
omg you just saved one of my folding tables right before an art show. Thank you!!
Glad I could help!
YAY!! My brand new canopy is working correctly again! Thanks so much!!
You're welcome. I'm glad you found this video. It's an odd problem, but I figured someone else out there would be having the same problem and looking for a solution.
My top piece did not come off. Plan B was to drill a whole on the opposite side where the button clip had fallen, then use two small computer screwdrivers to poke/rotate it back into place. Worked great!
has anyone had sand get in the legs making it difficult to let legs in and out? Any suggestions as to how to keep this from happening?
thank you thank you a million times thank you for putting up this video. Once i pushed it down close to the hole i took a chop stick and went in though the button hole to angled it where i needed it.
You’re welcome. When I made this video, I knew that this was a pretty rare thing, but it would really help the people who needed it.
I've been fumbling with this thing for a while. I was able to use a couple of paper clips to retrieve the button and spring but can't seem to get it to remain in position in order to get the button back in the hole. I need to keep the spring compressed while sliding it down the tube but that doesn't seem to be possible with the distance of the hole from the tube opening.
Found this video. Used the pipe as suggested. Worked! th-cam.com/video/Xwr-IdKa_Qc/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU~!!!!!
I have both a folding typing stand and a rolling closet rack that have these problems.
Going to double check their points of access to see if I can do these repairs.
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dude!! you freaking rock!
Thanks
Mine got jammed in my sons bassinet😭I’m currently trying to figure out how I’m gonna pull it back out bc it’s super stuck
Mines does not goes in, it does not retract in, any help on fixing that
Does anyone have a suggestion for us older folks that have a hard time even getting that button pushed in to move the poles... is there any device someone can suggest for how to push the button in... our buttons are so tight I can't with my fingers get the button pushed in far enough to move the poles
You could use an old house key or a screwdriver, or maybe even one of those metal button pushers that they were selling during the pandemic.
Thanks for the info. Have you ever done this on crutches or had to fully replace the pin? ....Hopefully it's simular to what you did here.
I have never done that to crutches, but I’m sure it is the same mechanism.
Thank you! I was so scared I broke it! (I cluelessly 😂 used a chopstick to push the peg in)
You’re welcome.
Thank you
I used a length of wire with a hook. NOW,,,,HOW to prevent this from EVER happening again? I over-drilled the holes once the button was out.
Got any tricks for getting the cap off?
what do you do if it stuck on the bottom part of the leg
+ThatKidJosh Not sure. Maybe bend a coat hanger to make a hook at the end and see if you can reach in and hook it.
Thanks for the video saved me a lot of time, the pool cue came in handy
You’re welcome.
This little vid helped me instantly!!
Thank you for this info. I will try to fix it this evening.
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Thanks.
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What to do if it rotated inside?
I wonder if you could take apart a wire coat hanger and make a hook on the end and reach it down from the top and grab it.
Thanks
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now, the REAL solution is how to keep it from happening again! I used silicone dropped DOWN top of the spring and pushed in place with a stick around the metal spring.
Thank you!!!
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Now that I have it back in the proper spot, the button won't push in, how do I fix that?
I don’t know. It should push in once you get it back into place.
You, sir, are a legend!
Thanks. I’m glad I could help. This is a weird problem, so I wasn’t sure anybody would ever find this video, but I’m glad you did.
Thank u buddy!
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I want that button fro my stick stock one is broken gone so
Thank you for your helpful video
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Thanks a lot for sharing I will try this today.
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@@hoohoohoblin This helped me I'm so Thankful😊
Brother, what are these buttons called ? So that i can find it in the hardware store..
I don’t know if they have a name.
Funny enough, I think they're actually called Kayak Paddle Spring Clips. You can also search: Tent Pole Clips or Snap Button Clip
Does anyone know where I can find a tool for pushing these types of buttons in? Saving pinching from fingers?
Very helpful, Thanks
+Daniela Zini You're welcome. When I made this video I hoped it would help someone. I'm glad it did.
I believe I discovered the cause of the problem, the reason people are pushing the buttons in too far in the first place! Stop the video at the VERY beginning, and you will see the button sticking out of the post as it should be. But notice the slots in the side of the button. It's just a flat piece of metal pressed into a button shape, and that leaves slots in the side. At the front end of the slots, toward the tip of the button, the metal can "bunch up" and this causes the button to stick. It's my theory that it's when the buttons stick that people mess with them and inadvertently stick them in too far! In my earlier post, I said that I dropped a small bungee cord inside, hooked the button device, pulled it out, pushed it in properly and fixed the problem. But the problem came back, and this time I discovered that the button was sticking. I filed the "bunched up" metal at the tip of the slot, reinstalled it and it works perfectly. The other buttons all have this rough spot, but still work. They will probably only get better as they wear. But if a button is sticking, you could probably file the sides at the slot without removing it.
+Peter Christensen you are correct. It is definitely from people pushing the buttons in too far. A lot of people will use a car key to push the button in, and it goes in too far. I think it was designed to be pushed with your finger.
Exactly, but I believe I have found the reason they do that and explained how to correct the problem.
Did u ask permission from your cat?? Lol. Thanks for the video
Of course. You’re welcome
Hoblin
Screw all that fish it out with a coat hanger way easier
shoutout please?
Not what I was looking for. You should try fixing the new style if you think this is even worth doing a video for. Good luck with that!