R-pod Owners Forum : r dome pole https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Reviews and General Information : r dome pole Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:19:15 +0000 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:04:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10373 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ r dome pole : Not sure if there was a flaw that... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96946#96946 Author: ragadas
Subject: 10373
Posted: 26 Jul 2017 at 8:04am

Not sure if there was a flaw that may have acted as a stress riser, or the bending stresses overcame the elastic limit of the aluminum. The dome was up for two days and the third morning I noticed the break and took the dome down. The female end had split the full length of the male end. It was the center most section at the top of the arch. It may not ever happen again, but I feel better having the added support of the brass collar.

Edit; The strap at the bottom was only tensioned enough to allow the front panel to zip closed.]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:04:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96946#96946 r dome pole : How did the split occur??I'm... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96944#96944 Author: Happy Tripping
Subject: 10373
Posted: 26 Jul 2017 at 7:34am

How did the split occur??

I'm having trouble visualizing this. The stresses put on the poles are minimal, one end on the r-dome plastic female unit, the other on the r-dome aluminum rod stretching the front of the r-dome, lock down the plastic joint and you're done.

Was it a manufacturing defect??
]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:34:08 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96944#96944 r dome pole : So....ended up cutting off the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96942#96942 Author: ragadas
Subject: 10373
Posted: 26 Jul 2017 at 6:04am

So....ended up cutting off the broken end and moving that section outboard. I wanted to reinforce the mouth of the sections to prevent splitting again. Ended up with a 1/2" brass collar on the female end of each section. A 45 ACP casing cut off at 1/2" provides a .004" to .005" interference fit due to the inside taper in the casing. Just cut it off and tap it on with the thicker wall to the outboard end. ]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:04:27 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96942#96942 r dome pole : The center section, female end,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96748#96748 Author: ragadas
Subject: 10373
Posted: 21 Jul 2017 at 8:39am

The center section, female end, of the aluminum pole for the arch of our r-dome split on a recent camping trip.
I've bumbled around the web looking for a repair section, but haven't come up with anything so I'll put the question out here: Has anyone repaired their own arch pole, and where did you find the part?
My other option is to disassemble the pole, move the center section to the outer end and cut off the split part (~2"). The pole is a struggle to insert in the grommets in the dome itself, so maybe that solution would work to both repair the pole and make it easier to hook the grommets to the ends of the pole. ]]> Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:39:22 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10373&PID=96748#96748