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How To Repair A Cracked ProHands Hand Exerciser

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Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser

How To Repair A Cracked ProHands Hand Exerciser

The best warm up tool I have is the Prohands hand exerciser by Grip Master.  Almost every boulderer I know has one of these or something similar to it.

This is the second Prohands Pro (heavy tension) that has cracked on me.  Both of mine have cracked in the same manner, so I decided to take to look to find out if it was repairable.

The Answer Is Yes

Yes, the Prohands hand exerciser was repairable; and it was worth the time to fix it.

As you watch the video, you will notice that I call it “busted and unrepairable” around the 5:15 mark.  However, while I was gathering up everything to clean up and throw it away, I made a DISCOVERY (at 5:35 of the video) that lead me to fixing it.  Here is the video; and the Step By Step is below.

Step By Step Repair A Cracked ProHands Hand Exerciser

Step 1 Remove the Black Rubber Pad

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 1 remove the black pad

Step 2 Locate the 2 screws and remove them

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 2 locate the screws and remove

Step 3 Remove the “holding” bar

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 3 remove the holding bar

Step 4 Gather and sort all of the springs and plastic pieces

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 4 Gather and Sort

Step 5 Locate the cracks and pieces that must be glued together

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 5 Locate the cracks

Step 6 Take a moment to wipe or brush away dirt and grime

Step 7 Do a dry run to sort how the pieces go back together

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser Step 7 Dry Run

Step 8 Apply Gorilla Glue

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 8 Apply Gorilla Glue

Step 9 DO NOT glue your fingers to your ProHands hand exerciser

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 9 Do not glue your fingers

Step 10 WAIT 24 hours for the Gorilla Glue to cure

Step 11 Reassemble – Pull those bars all the way out to allow room for the “holding” bar to slide back into place.

Repair A Cracked Prohands hand exerciser step 11 Reassemble Pull Bars All The Way Out

Learn a whole lot more about Gear Maintenance and Repair in HCRBeta’s Maintenance and Repair Section

Jason at Olive Ridge Camp CO 85Jason Clements is the founder of and writer for HCRBeta, Hike Climb Relax:  How to…  Jason has served as the President of the Kansas City Climbing Club where he grew the club from 100 members to 1000 members.  He lives in Shawnee, Kansas and also runs the cell phone recycling company, Cells for Cells, which recycles cell phones to raise money for families battling cancer.

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