> On Jan 27, 2020, at 07:32, Jim Franklin via Shop-talk
> <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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").
>
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.
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