[NAGDU] Broken harness

[carcione at access.net]

I've thought about zip tying the flaps closed.  Do you think they actually stop the screws from unscrewing, or are they just general protection, or cosmetic?  I've never been sure of their real purpose.
Tracy


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From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley via NAGDU
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 8:14 AM
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Cc: Jenine Stanley <jeninems at icloud.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Broken harness

Tracy, I’d guess calling your school 😉 would get it replaced but in the meantime, zip ties are your friends for keeping it attached. 


> On Jan 31, 2024, at 8:03 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> A weird thing happened this morning.  When I grabbed Igloo's harness 
> to go out and get a bagel for breakfast, I saw that one side of the 
> harness handle had come detached.  The screw holding the handle to the 
> D ring had unscrewed and the rog behind it was bent far enough that 
> the screw wouldn't go back on.  I have no idea how it happened.  The 
> harness was just hanging on the closet doorknob, and we hadn't had any drama at all on our walk yesterday.
> 
> I was able to screw the handle back on well enough to hold for our 
> outing, and, after breakfast I was able to bend the rod straight 
> enough to screw it mostly back how it should be.
> 
> Long since, the leather flaps that protect the handle connection came 
> unscrewed.  I wonder if that's what allowed the connection to come undone?
> There's no hardware store handy to find screws to fix the flaps. 
> 
> I wonder if I need to replace my harness, and what the process is to 
> do that at TSE.  Anyone know?
> 
> 
> 
> I had a harness break once before, a long time ago.  It was a GDB 
> harness, and a weld broke on the handle where the side attached to the 
> handgrip.  It broke when I was on the way to the state convention, and 
> I had to struggle with it all weekend.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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