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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:39 PM
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Help - my zipper's stuck
Not that one, the one on my leather jacket.

It will go up just fine. It won't go down. I can see and feel inside and there doesn't appear to be anything stuck in it.

I can't get my jacket off and I'm roasting to death.

Help!!!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:41 PM
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1. Take the jacket off like you would a t-shirt.
Unless...it's zipped ALL the way up.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:47 PM
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9. OK, so how do I get it back on again?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:48 PM
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10. Uh...I dunno...long-range planning is not my strong suit.
Maybe try pulling it back on like a t-shirt? :shrug:
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david_vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:41 PM
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2. Rub a bar of soap on it
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Maine-i-acs Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:42 PM
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3. Vegetable oil
Works if it's just stuck. But sometimes a little part of the metal on the jacket side is out of alignment and you can fix it with pliers.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:42 PM
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4. zip up and down
quickly and see if it'll go loose.. otherwise try to smooth out the locks on the zipper...

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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:42 PM
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5. pull at the thing
hard!
the zipper that is, j/k dont do that, I did that to part of my backpack and guess what I fucked up. Thank god you didnt go Ted Strollman on us and got your you know what stuck, I so identify with that guy :).
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:38 PM
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6. So what's the status? Are you free, or still trapped inside your coat?
n/t
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:42 PM
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8. I got it off finally
but the zipper's still stuck. I turned the jacket inside out and I can't see anything stuck in the zipper.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:39 PM
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7. bwahahaha!
Sounds like karma ;-)
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 04:49 PM
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11. Oh, I don't believe it
There's an interlock!

Why in hades would they have a lock on a zipper? The two pins on the the zipper pull are bent a bit and they don't disengage the interlock properly. I got it working with a paperclip.

what will they think of next?
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