Zip won't zip, options?

[Scuba_Steve]

So as the title says my zip won't zip, spent over 5mins after work yesterday trying to get the bloody thing to connect & zip up before giving up & riding home unzipped.
No better luck this morn, so currently I'm back to my old un-armored leather jacket which has definitely seen better days.

I'd like to get back into my armored jacket, so when it comes to faulty zips what are my options? are they worth looking at repairing?

[dogsnbikes]

I spray my zips with a silcon spray which tends to help on most cases otherwise its a replacement,saying that it would depend on how big a job it is to do a replacement on your jacket Is it worth while ??

[nodrog]

A new zip is like $20, you probably wont get a new jacket for that price.

[Scuba_Steve]

I spray my zips with a silcon spray which tends to help on most cases otherwise its a replacement,saying that it would depend on how big a job it is to do a replacement on your jacket Is it worth while ??

Might try the silicon see if it helps any


A new zip is like $20, you probably wont get a new jacket for that price.

yea it's the cost of fitting that changes things

[Grashopper]

We used to rub candle wax on stubborn zips that didn't want to zip up.

But check maybe something is broken or bend in the zip.

I tried the other day to zip my 'new' leather gear together just to notice that the zips on the jacket and the pants (of the same brand) are exactly the other way around :brick:

[nodrog]

Might try the silicon see if it helps any



yea it's the cost of fitting that changes things

That includes fitting around these parts.

[Maha]

Velcro dots....thank me later :corn:

[Crasherfromwayback]

tions? are they worth looking at repairing?

Take it to modern bag and shoe repair in Majoribanks St. The lil Indian fellow there will replace your zip for fuck all. We take him a lot of work.

[oneofsix]

Superglue. Why would you want to take the bike jacket off again? :innocent:

[frogfeaturesFZR]

If the teeth on the zip are still good, then a little vaseline on your fingers and run it up the zip. Check the zip slider isn't corroded.

[oneofsix]

old fashioned fix is pencil lead (actually charcoal) rubbed on the teeth of the zip, works best on metal zips.

[FJRider]

So as the title says my zip won't zip, spent over 5mins after work yesterday trying to get the bloody thing to connect & zip up before giving up & riding home unzipped.
No better luck this morn, so currently I'm back to my old un-armored leather jacket which has definitely seen better days.

I'd like to get back into my armored jacket, so when it comes to faulty zips what are my options? are they worth looking at repairing?

One of the Wellytown girls (Ratti I think) does repairs ... she has it in her Sig.

[Ender EnZed]

Superglue. Why would you want to take the bike jacket off again? :innocent:

Nah, just use a stapler. If you have one at home and one at work then you won't even need to carry one with you most days.

[Banditbandit]

Take it to modern bag and shoe repair in Majoribanks St. The lil Indian fellow there will replace your zip for fuck all. We take him a lot of work.

Fuck !!!! Is he still there !!! I used him when I Lived in our wonderful wet and windy capital .. he's good.

[varminter]

old fashioned fix is pencil lead (actually charcoal) rubbed on the teeth of the zip, works best on metal zips.

Carbon. Pedantic git that I am.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fuck !!!! Is he still there !!! I used him when I Lived in our wonderful wet and windy capital .. he's good.

Yeah he's still slogging away like the rest of us mate. He's a gem eh!

[Scuba_Steve]

Yeah he's still slogging away like the rest of us mate. He's a gem eh!

Well unfortunately the lube job hasn't worked, so I guess the next step is the pro's, so this guy work with thick leather? (the zip look pretty well embedded in the leather to my amateur eye)

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well unfortunately the lube job hasn't worked, so I guess the next step is the pro's, so this guy work with thick leather? (the zip look pretty well embedded in the leather to my amateur eye)

Yeah mate. He stitches shoes etc. Go see him.

[Ratti]

Steve, get hold of me. You know where I live from when I did your seat dude. WOnt cost anything for me to have a look at the [roblem, might even be able to advise you on how to DIY.

[Scuba_Steve]

Yeah mate. He stitches shoes etc. Go see him.

Sweet Cheers mate :niceone:


Steve, get hold of me. You know where I live from when I did your seat dude. WOnt cost anything for me to have a look at the [roblem, might even be able to advise you on how to DIY.

Hey no worries there, you were always gonna be my 1st point of call following the KB thread, just always worth having options :D

[Ratti]

how is the suggested solution holding out? WOn't last forever, but can make a difference to wear time if you are on a tight budget.

[Scuba_Steve]

how is the suggested solution holding out? WOn't last forever, but can make a difference to wear time if you are on a tight budget.

it's working for now, but I'm pretty positive that the zips misaligned by the slightest & this is/was the cause of the prob but at-least I've got a fix till such time as I get you to replace it with a more substantial zip; one a bit more glove friendly maybee

[sgtp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic-_and_Nylonzipper.jpg

maybe i missed it, but is it a metal teeth or plastic zip? If its plastic and looks like the zip on the right in the link above, just twist the zip to the side slightly while pulling up. This works for me on a jacket wih this problem (and this zipper type)