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.

[@curtriceennis2924]

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. 😉

[@philiplogan6416]

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

[@sfitz-rp4du]

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

[@TheOriginalMechanic]

You're welcome and thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@muiawat]

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

[@mr.commonsense8281]

Thanks so much for this information buddy.

[@carldycer]

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

[@marybethrobinette9223]

Thanks. Am repairing the same tent!

[@theoldleafybeard]

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

[@jaymorgan7728]

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.

[@adsheff]

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

[@TheOriginalMechanic]

I believe I used a dental pick.

[@snailhawk]

I just found that a coiled corkscrew works perfectly. If you twist it as you insert it, it will grab the knot. And it's something that most campers have to hand 😆

[@ollyf5088]

I used a pair of fine pointed tweezers and found it much easier than dental pick to be honest

[@jeffcmo1957]

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

[@TheOriginalMechanic]

To slide the bad section out I had to remove a couple of good ones. So no matter what, I had to put three sections back in. But you're right, the replacement could have been installed at the end.

[@glendahill]

@@TheOriginalMechanic thanks. My split pole is almost all the way down it, after only two uses! So will give it ago. Thanks for your help

[@glendahill]

@@TheOriginalMechanic I'm all repaired now and ready for my next camping trip on a few weeks

[@mckeon1960]

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

[@raycarey21]

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.

[@TheOriginalMechanic]

I don't know about that. I would think if you got a set of standard poles you could string them yourself to whatever length you needed.

[@krysm2022]

Depends on your tent pole size. I got several sizes, none are an exact match and Ozark trail doesn't offer replacements apparently.