if that is what I think it is there was a discussion on here awhile ago about getting the repair parts.... you need to contact the manufacturer and see if parts are available..... and then find someoen who will do heavy duty sewing to repair it.......

 

That was the weakness on the 90. Some folks have a plate made of metal to replace the broken one. Take it to machinist and they can re-make it for you out of aluminum and you will have a fantastic pack. Those were made by Lowe Alpine.

 

Thanks for the replies. I have a friend who is a machinist so I'll see he can make a plate for me.

 

if you can find the metal you shouldnt need a machinist.... cut to size, beat to fit, paint to match...........

 

How do you attach the plate the the fabric of the straps?

 

I'd repair it. They are good bags. If you decide to get another I'd get the large ALICE w/ frame. For the cost and quality you cannot beat it. If you want to spend more I think the marine ILBE is good, but I have not used that one.

 

There was a place online that repaired these at one time, keep searching.

 

Doesn't look like it would be difficult at all to fix...

 

Hello all

RON L here - SERE SURPLUS


I have Replaied a Few packs like these as well as a fw other stuborn Repairs, I went with a Flat Piece of aluminum stock and Tin snipped it to size and then Heavy Duty Sewed the Plate in place of that broken Plastic crap, the 2 I did are in Afganistan and doing duty still, so I'd say it works? PM me for details and I'll tel ya more what I did and will not try and sell ya anything!

RON

 

Will do- Thanks Ron

 

i have this Bergen at home its great for cramming stuff in its worth keeping

 

When you put a metal plate on the CFP-90 be sure it is sanded for the rough edges and sand the holes for rough edges. Then use dental floss to sew it on- not Grandma's thread. Dental floss is a rough mutha to deal with. Remember those heatsinks on computer mainboards that come unsoldered and pop off? I tie the bracket's legs back on with the floss.

 

We were issued those packs at Ft. Drum back in '92 for field testing. The Army wanted to give frameless packs a go. I humped that thing around in Arctic Warfare training excercises at Ft. Drum and NTC in California for Desert Warfare.

I found the ruck carries the weight too low on your back (that bottom zipper compartment for your fart-sack is partly to blame) and gave a lot of us lower back aches. The detachable assault pack was nice though. It is made to snap in to the quick releases on your LBV (load bearing vest).

Ironically when we got deployed to Somalia they scrapped the whole thing and gave us back our beloved ALICE packs.

Before you sink any money in to it try loading it up and see how the weight is distributed. If you do decide to get it fixed you have to hump it a few times to get those aluminum bars to conform to the shape of your back. Once they do don't go messing with them or it'll be a PITA to get them comfortable again.

 

Go to a shoemaker and have him cut you a thick piece of leather (like shoe sole thickness) to that shape and have him sew it on, it will be good as new.

 

Take it to a cobbler....a thick rubber boot sole material would work fine.