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12-29-2003, 02:09 PM
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Help!
My headrest was broken and I was trying to get the zipper part of it open so that I could have more room to work with. I noticed that the zipper part does not actually have a zipper on it. How do I get the zipper back together?
Thanks Tim 
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12-29-2003, 02:47 PM
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If it were mine, I would pop the cover off and run it over to a canvass shop for a new zipper. Shouldn't be a big deal to replace......$15.00?
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12-29-2003, 02:52 PM
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Well I have the headrest fixed, but I still do not have the zipper back together.
Thanks Tim
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12-29-2003, 04:30 PM
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my similar thingee
hey tim
my passenger headrest also came apart, the bolt just slipped out of the fitting that is pressed itno the headrest padding. After a few attempts at putting it together without opening up the cover I ended up slitting the cover near the opening since I too discovered a zipper fixture with no zipper! Whatisupwiththat?!? These two slits perpendicular to the post opening gave me enuf room to reassemple the pieces bouncing around inside the headrest. After the repair i just used some clear book tape to seal my two 2" slits which expanded the opening around the post. its on the bottom of the headrest and is discrete. I guess this probably does not help much since your zipper is already popped open.
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#5
12-29-2003, 04:59 PM
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I think there is a special tool to get this to work. You can use a pair of needle nose pliers to get the "zipper" back together.
It is indeed a zipper, but the "opener" doesn't have the "closer" part. I just left mine unzipped. Peter
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#6
12-29-2003, 06:50 PM
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tim -- I think another viable option is to take a running stitch with black or navy thread and simply close up the zipper by pushing the needle through the cloth zipper edge at four or five spots along its length. I have used this type of repair on other recalcitrant zippers in my past
kpb
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#7
12-30-2003, 01:35 AM
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Peter, there was no part that took the zipper apart. It just came apart when I was fiddling around with the bolt and the screw.
Tim
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