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I've only disassembled and repaired one of these and your bag may not be similar. Mine had two square telescoping tubes set into black nylon bag adapters that were riveted to the rest of the bag.

 

Step 1 - collapse telescoping handle sections - if it will not collapse then open bag and move/remove lining covering retractable handle assembly. Mine was attached with velcro on one side. The extension handle has sliding catch pins that project through the next layer of tubing. They can be manually pushed into the tubing to allow it to slide.

 

Step 2 - remove hand-hold and actuator rods - mine was fixed to the entension tubes by two set screws. Removing the hand-hold exposes an actuator rod in each tube, remove it and set it aside.

 

Step 3 - remove telescoping tubes - mine were attached to the wheel end of the bag by a set screw, and to the top of the bag by a swedged bump tab. Remove the set screws at the bottom of each tube. This next step may require you to use a little strength to allpy enough force to flex the bag frame about an inch to get the tube out of the socket.  Place a foot in the bag at the wheel end, and using 2 hands if necessary pull tube toward opposite end of bag, away from and out of socket at foot of bag, and move free end toward zipper. At handle end of bag slip a small screwdriver between plastic socket and tubing on the side with the bump-tab catch, mine was on the least visible side. Screwdriver will allow catch to slide from socket as tube is withdrawn. This is accomplished with more wiggling than actual force.

 

Step 4 - locate defective pin latches and actuators. using rods from step 2 actuate and extend and collapse each tube.  One or more mechanisms will refuse to actuate. The latch pins entend from a small box socket with a ramped bottom and are disengaged by ramp finger extending from a push plate. In my case the latch pins were Zinc alloy push and the plates were unreinforced black nylon. (i.e. there was no glass fiber reinforcement in the plastic. There were also two small springs at each joint, one at the box and one on the actuator. In my case the nylon actuator had been distorted and folded. Probably not by excessive force, but rather typical force while the nylon parts were hot and soft. The bag had probably been in a very hot location, perhaps a car parked in the sunshine, and the hot nylon parts were extremely soft. Without glass fiber reinforcement it simply folded. Glass fibers are neither expensive as a material to include nor increase the mold's cycle time (production rate), but do increase the rate of wear on the plastic mold requiring it to be re-plated with nickel perhaps 10 times more often. Its a trivial savings, but pure profit to the manufacturer. This kind of irresponsible selection of materials is typical of products produced under contract at a great distance from consumer. The bag parts were probably produced under contract and paid for more than 6 months beofre the first bag was sold to a retail customer.

 

Step 5 - Heat and straighten actuator. Plastic is an insulator, use boiling water to preheat the actuator, and then a blow dryer or heat gun to soften further. Plastics generally retain a kind of a memory of their molded shape. When it approaces the plastic transition temperature the part will spontaneously  resume most of its original shape. Heat the part just a little more before completing its reshaping. allow to cool gradually, before cooling in water.

 

Step 6 - reassemble telescoping tubes and test actuator function.

 

Step 7 - reassemble handle.

 

 

 

 

 

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