I've just acquired a Granite Gear Blaze pack which uses two pieces of plastic on each side for the belt buckle. There is what looks like a triglide which is attached to a small loop directly on the padded belt, and a traditional side release buckle attached through the triglide on a 1.5" belt, and sewn onto the end of the strap with another loop. While I hope to never break one of these in the field, my sad experience is that it can happen. I'm looking for replacement triglide pieces and side release buckles that can be attached without doing sewing in the field, but can't find some pieces. I can find a side release buckle at REI and elsewhere with one side having a slit so I could slip it on a sewn loop. The other side of this replacement appears to need a triglide and buckle to replace the buckle. I'd appreciate info on both triglides with quick releases and buckles with quick releases on both sides. In addition, if someone has a link to some info on how to best use the triglide/buckle combo to replace a buckle I'd appreciate it. My web searches turned up descriptions which did not make as much sense as I'd like. Thanks,
Jim
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Replacing belt buckle without sewing
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You can call REI headquarters and ask them if they will send you a spare buckles. If that does not work most of Rei packs now have ITW/Nexus hardware so look on their site till you find the buckles you want and order them from ITW /Nexus and pay a service fee. Then to make the buckles field replaceable you can use a small thin dove tail saw and cut your own angle slot in the buckle so you can slip a new buckle on.
Terry
Something like this?
http://www.vargooutdoors.com/1-FIELD-REPAIR-TENSION-LOCK-2523
I carried a spare buckle for years which was insurance that it never broke. I would look at it real hard and think of a way to repair it with something you carry anyway like bear bagging cord, think cinch knots to tighten like a jethro bodean belt
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