Sad Simple - missing bolt
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AlexR
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I may be wrong about this, but from the look of your picture it's just a nut you're missing, and it will be an M8 or M10 (don't remember from the top of my head). Their cost is negligible and you can get one from any hardware store (thin hexagon nut), I'd suggest getting some loctite or similar to make sure the next one doesn't escape that easily 
Even if it is a bolt that's missing, they're cheap and cheerful, too.
Even if it is a bolt that's missing, they're cheap and cheerful, too.
AR
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Might be worth contacting Caving Supplies and see whether they can help, I've got a dim recollection that they used to keep some spares for Stops and suchlike. As Paul rightly points out, the part in question isn't a nut or a bolt, it's a bolt-headed sleeve with internal thread so not something your local hardware merchant will have in stock.
pwhole
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I had my Kong Banana's lower nut come undone halfway down Maskhill last year, just getting onto a rebelay. Luckily I spotted it in time before it fell off and was able to tighten it up with the 13mm spanner I usually carry. A few weeks ago someone else noticed the same nut was loose as I was about to go underground. Now I check it every trip!
Leclused
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paul said:You are wrong Alex.
Take a look at the tech pdf of the simple. There you'll see that is is not a normal bolt
Page 2file:///C:/Users/leclused01/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/technical-notice-SIMPLE-2.pdf
andrewmcleod
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pwhole said:
That is apparently a problem with the Kong Banana - unlike Petzl who do a long threaded sleeve (much safer as it won't fall off as easily), the Kong Banana either isn't threaded along the length or just has a bolt put on (can't remember which) and the threads mashed a bit by them hitting the end of the bolt (or something like that).
paul
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Leclused said:paul said:You are wrong Alex.
Take a look at the tech pdf of the simple. There you'll see that is is not a normal bolt
file:///C:/Users/leclused01/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/technical-notice-SIMPLE-2.pdf
That's pointing at a file on you hard drive, you want https://www.petzl.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/0681r00000BAtylAAD for the web URI.
Leclused
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paul said:Leclused said:paul said:You are wrong Alex.
Take a look at the tech pdf of the simple. There you'll see that is is not a normal bolt
file:///C:/Users/leclused01/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/technical-notice-SIMPLE-2.pdf
That's pointing at a file on you hard drive, you want https://www.petzl.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/0681r00000BAtylAAD for the web URI.
Sorry my mistake.
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