Repairing my foamies, need help plz

[Galford Weller]

'sup guys

I've almost completely repaired my broken foam chucks, but I'm facing 2 problems yet, take a look:



As you can see, the foam cover of one of the sticks is stuck and I can't find a way to put it in the right place. Brute force doesn't seem to work, and I was thinking about adding some oil but maybe the foam itself will absorb the oil and make things worse.
The other is almost ready, just a little more, but isn't that stuck as the other one and I don't know why.

The second problem (and this goes for my two pairs) is the cord replacement. I've been reading many DIY guides for cords here, but 99% of them are for sticks that have 2 pair of holes. As you can see in the next pic, the stick has only one:



I've found some tutorials for this situations, but, for example, a tutorial that requires the cord to go through the stick (inside it) from a side, and ends in the other side, but this stick has the bottom side covered. So I need another idea to place the cord and tie it firmly enough, with 1 pair of holes.

Please guys, I want to chuck again with my foamies.  

[Choggy]

1. brute force will have to do... I see no other way (and I did it no other way).
2. tying - go simple knot & simple string (it will definitely hold!) like this: make HUGE knot on the outside of the little hole. Pass string through it, adjust to desired length, then pass through the interior of the other stick, out the little hole. Huge knot here.
One downside - it might 'slip' up and down along the rope, but... shouldn't.



Later edit - found an example here: http://www.freestyleforum.net/index.php?topic=4024.0

[Misterpink1986]

Try this one:
http://www.freestyleforum.net/index.php?topic=8917.0

It should work with a cord too I guess.

[Galford Weller]

1. brute force will have to do... I see no other way (and I did it no other way).
2. tying - go simple knot & simple string (it will definitely hold!) like this: make HUGE knot on the outside of the little hole. Pass string through it, adjust to desired length, then pass through the interior of the other stick, out the little hole. Huge knot here.
One downside - it might 'slip' up and down along the rope, but... shouldn't.



Later edit - found an example here: http://www.freestyleforum.net/index.php?topic=4024.0

I stopped using brute force when the foam was starting to break, I wanted to do it like that but I don't want to break my chucks.
That example looks really nice, I think I can modify that system to work for my chucks, the upper side of them is completely empty, so I can't keep the cord stable, but I can figure sinething out. But it's a really good idea. Thanks.

Try this one:
http://www.freestyleforum.net/index.php?topic=8917.0

It should work with a cord too I guess.

I've saw that one before, but that works for chains. But I think that if I make a knot over the screw (or something like that, for PVC I think a screw may destroy the PVC when spinning the chuck), maybe it should work. Thanks.

[OSN999]

Galford,

 The foam probably did not move that distance all at one time. You need to try to return it the same way. Have patience. Grab the foam
at the loose end where it is still on the tube. While squeezing the circumference with your hand, slide your hand towards the connection
end. It will probably only move a tiny bit at a time. It will take a while but you should be able to work it back in place. It is essentially
 the opposite of the way it came off. If you get desperate you can try adding something to help it slide. Use something that will evaporate such as Windex, which is an ammonia based window cleaner.