Tried the $5 fix for a broken flagpole instead of spending $80 on a new one

I was gonna just buy a new pole at Home Depot after my neighbor's kid snapped the rope pulley. But my buddy Jeff talked me into a $5 repair kit with a new cleat and nylon rope from Ace Hardware in Bakersfield. Has anyone else had luck fixing old flagpoles instead of scrapping them?

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olivia_bailey22d agoMost Upvoted

Did you have any trouble with the old rope getting stuck in the pulley mechanism? I've fixed a couple poles that way but always seem to fight with the rope binding up where the cleat was mounted. Curious if your kit came with a new pulley wheel or just the rope and hardware.

the_rowan22d ago

Nah, honestly it wasn't that bad. Just wiggled the old rope out and the new one slid right through. Folks make pulley problems sound like brain surgery sometimes.

the_sam13d ago

Funny how that's the one thing nobody talks about until you're stuck out there fighting with it. Take it from someone who's done this a few times, the rope itself is usually fine but the cleat spot is where old grease and grit pile up and make everything bind. @the_rowan might have gotten lucky or maybe he's just got the touch for these things, but in my experience that's the part that separates an easy swap from a whole afternoon project.