[Paddlewise] blown out footpeg

hi,

today i made a classic error and took two paddle sections from look alike
paddles to the boat ramp... with different diameter shafts, they don't
join.. oh well. one of the guys had a spare wing paddle which i used... lots
of fun.. the group had one olympic kayak, one olympic high kneel canoe, one
jensen 201(?) canoe and me in my year old artic hawk. i could barely keep
pace with the group.. only because they weren't really paddling hard and my
pulse rate was running in the 170's.

anyway, after about a mile i blew out a footpeg. i went ashore and
reattached it and saw that the problem was that the plastic slide rail has
fatigued with use and the slot is wider than normal at my normal position.
so when i put a extra pressure on it, the footpeg blows out! happened twice
today.

how can one fix a blown footpeg problem?


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