How to Replace a Broken Section of a Fiberglass Tent Pole

Fifty mile per hour winds damaged a section of our fiberglass tent pole. This video will show you how easy it is to replace the bad section and get back out there camping again.

[curtriceennis]

WOW ! Your 25 YO tent looks almost brand new if not that !!! I love camping and was wondering about how to replace the poles of I ever have to. TYSM for sharing your knowledge, techniques, and suggestions with us. 😉

[philiplogan]

Great instruction for a simple job. Will be ordering some replacement sections to do ours

[sfitz-rpdu]

Thanks for doing this video and your car repair ones. Didn't know they sell fiberglass tent pole sections online. My dome tent won't be saggy anymore! New subscriber

[muiawat]

Thank you ! Just used fishing wire and it worked by tieing the wire around the larger cord . Extra hands were needed .

[mr.commonsense]

Thanks so much for this information buddy.

[theoldleafybeard]

I think it's easier to just take all the cord through, and just tense the last bit. =)

[jaymorgan]

Went camping the other day, while setting up in the rhe dark i realised both poles had split. I had Gorilla tape on me so used that.

[mckeon]

Hi I know this is an old video but do you know the name of the silver part at the end of tent pile please

[adsheff]

The hardest part is getting the knot out at the start! How did you do that so quickly?

[jeffcmo]

The kits come with stiff long piece of metal to thread the line with.

[glendahill]

Hello Original Mechanic. I have had to buy a replacement pole for one of my frame tent sections, fab video and well explained. However I do have a question. If all the pole lengths are the same, can I not just add the replacement pole to the end, rather than replacing the actually location of the one that was split? Or is there a reason why it's done the way you did it?
I won't tackle replacing mine just yet, thanks in advance

[raycarey]

Are the poles a standard size or varied? Need to replace one of my own. It's a trespass tent. I emailed them but they don't do spare parts apparently.