[Shop-talk] Rivets for luggage strap?

[David Scheidt]

> On Jan 27, 2020, at 07:32, Jim Franklin via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I have a large roller suitcase that has a nylon strap and buckle riveted into the body just under the grab handle for hooking a laptop bag, or the telescoping handle of a carry-on bag, so that they are piggybacked.
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> The plastic buckle broke, and while I can just use a loop around the big suitcase's grab handle, it slides around and the smaller suitcase starts fishtailing and eventually rolls over. I'd like to replace the buckles but they are held in by a loop secured with a flat top, seemingly proprietary rivet (stamped "Olympia").
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There is such things as repair buckles, which fit over an existing webbing loop. I would look for a suitable option before you attack the rivets. The buckles usually hav a slit in them that allow the webbings to be fed through.