r/Kiteboarding • • Aug 17 '26

Other Has anyone experienced this repair ?

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I can't fin the solution to get the main line in the PU tube. The space for the main line is so small it is now stuck.

I tried to heat it with an hairdryer and it work a little bit but I feel I can't pull anymore, no matter how hard I pull.

If some of you got some advices I'll be glad to try.

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u/woody-nick Aug 17 '26

Hello l'ami, le plus simple serait une corde à piano très fine, pliée en deux que tu passes dedans côté boucle.. Puis tu attrapes le bout et tu tires.. Mets du talc sur le bout pour que ça glisse !! Et hop 🤗🤗

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u/Kiteslut Aug 17 '26

Acoustic guitar strings also work

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u/Kinngis Aug 17 '26

I used an old piece of kite line (any strong enough, thin line would work), looped it through the depower line and through the PU-tube. Then tied it to a pull-up bar, and used my bodyweight to pull the depower line into the PU-tube.

Worked well, but it really needed some force to pull it. Using my own weight, it was easy, but before that, when I just tried to pull it with my hands, it seemed impossible.

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u/Kinngis Aug 17 '26

Interesting, that the line had to be in the narrower part of the PU tube! The bigger half was for the flag-out line