How to Repair a Suitcase Handle 

You are a genius! Just returned from a flight from Chicago and my suitcase looked exactly like yours upon arrival. I thought the missing side had broken off in transit and had no idea how to repair it. It would have cost $500 to replace the piece of hand-tooled leather trolley luggage from Paraguay. Then, I found your video and simply followed your instructions. The screw had come out and the metal part would not come up on its own. The fix was so easy and now my favorite bag is back in operation again! Thank you very much for your brilliant revelation!!!

This video just saved me a lot of cash. I have abandoned a luggage 5years because of the broken handle. I just Watched this video and I was able to fix it in 2 minutes.

Yooooo, You saved a girl MADD money!!! And my favorite carryon will be with me for many more years !! THANK YOU!!!!😭😭😭👏🙌🙏

You are lucky to have your disjointed part hanging outside. Mine fell inside.

OMG...THANK YOU!!! I nearly thought that I would have to throw away my carry-on luggage, which is a Samsonite and expensive, and my grandma-in-law bought it for me and she just passed away. I'm so happy that I was able to save it with your video! Thanks a million!!!

You seriously just saved me 60 Euros. I was about to buy a new one today so i decided to google it first. THANKS A LOT. You made my day buddy

Thank you for this video. My handle would not retract back down and after watching your video I noticed it was the locking pin and I just put some tape over the locking pin and it works fine now. Many Thanks.

Wow you just saved me a lot of money! I just accepted my Samsonite carryon as broken and reluctant trash but after jimmying it around like you said I found a unique solution. Now it just has a little quirk but is fully functional again :) Thanks!

Cheers bro! You were right, sometimes you just need to look at the connections to see what went wrong. And while the construction of my telescopic handle was slightly different I was able to repair it within it 60 secs of watching this video using just a screwdriver. Thanks so much!

I agree, not all of them will work the same. The main point about this video is to not give up and just try to figure out how it works. Once you know how it works, then you can commonly fix it. Thank for the post.

Good tips! Sunsen's Telescopic Suitcase Handle is so easy to be held. It can supply in a large quantity.

THANK YOU!!! Money saver & stress saver! Didn't want to replace my trusty backpack on wheels.

My case didnt work like this but this video still helped me figure out how to fix my handle

You have just saved me a lot of money. ☺️ Thank you!

This happened to me twice already. First time, I tried doing something similar to yours, minus getting a screw, and I had to dispose of the bag. Second time, I need to fix my handle.

Hey, I did get it fixed! and I just want to let you know. My case was a little more tricky since the whole thing was broken to parts. But I just put them together almost the same way you did. Thanks again.

GREAT!. Thanks. Exactly the same issue and followed your instructions and I can now save my favorite bag from the National Geographic store in London.

i was searching for this video since yesterday thank you very much even after 10 long years its still helpful for me my one is eminent 2k10 luggage . . .

Saved me a few bucks and a great luggage. Thank you.

Thank you :) It worked for my suitcase.

Hey!! I'm home free... lmfao... this guy has a great voice

Bob Ross fixes suitcase. Cool!

YOU ROCK!!!!! I put the case in storage because I couldn't use it. I can't wait to get it back and FIX IT!!! THANK YOU !!!!

thanks a lot ! I have fixed my suitcase.

I fly every week for work.The screw keeps coming loose on the handle. last week I used 'Lock-tight' on a screw for each of 2 bags. DO NOT DO THIS!! The next time I handled the bags the casing around the screws broke into small pieces. I think the screw is a stress point, and the plastic handle cannot handle the stress.

this helped, thank you!!

Thank you so much!! This was so helpful!

Work Like a charm. Just be careful separating the handle from the poles. I pull to hard and broke plastic but place nice black tape and good to go. Save 84.00 on a nautica luggage

I have a duffle bag and I want to put wheels on it and a handle that works like the one on your suitcase. I have some old curtain rods and thinking of how to make an extending handle from them, but I need to figure out how to make them lock and not slide apart.

I have the same problem but the thing, inside the black rectangle looking thing, was also fallen out so I dont know if it would work the same way. But thanks for the post!

May not be able to fix, as metal tube itself is bent but at least can see the problem now as you showed me the lining zip and the sprockets clearly.

Thanks, I had the same problem.

you can just use a marker to patch it up all black. - surely quicker than getting a black screw :D =))))

Great job!

If the rode is actually jamed inside, and you can't get it out, it may be time for a new suitcase. But it's likely you can figure how to get it out....just try to think about how it's constructed, and back engineer the thing. Thanks for the comment and questions.

Really helpful... thanks dude...

Love this video. Had to laugh because I did the exact same steps as you but I think I am missing a second metal piece. Is it possible that there are two pieces on each side of the handle that telescope? I can't pull the the entire piece up out of the luggage (even if I push the release button on the handle) which leads me to believe I am missing a piece.

Not sure, your best bet is to start with they manufacture and google the part. Good luck!

You saved my life

wish you were here .. my eagle creek case has a simar accident but is not so easy as the extend and depress button is in a strange place . They say no no it will need a part which we dont have .I very much doubt it ,One side does go down but the other no no can find no rod though ........ Broken all my finger nails lol

I had a different issue: the handle was very hard to retract and put back. All the handled needed was some twisting, and now it works.

what if i dont have the handle

Do you have the brand and model?

I like your voice you sound like Ryan Reynolds lol

Before I saw this I could not see a solution with one side staying down. I felt justified to throw away the handle as unreliable and bolted some aluminium three sided angle to extend a suitable handle from a DR49 radio. This got the right height but not didid as the bolts in the alloy just went through a now wobbly lip at the top. I added a scar baseplate of alloy hopefully between the two new bolts through the plastic top lip and two new stainless screws into the two metal sections a few inches below the "break" I made. Of course a fully laden bag in real world use may be too much...I have not tested it yet and I am not yet confident in this improvement..but i saw the bag in a skip, perfect otherwise. Would Dunlop change the spec? I hate seeing perfect goods even if available for under £4 on ebay with an obvious flaw. Luckily I saw in it only a static underbed storage use (with a dodgy handle) and when you remove a faulty part and do what I have done it feels good...because a design that failed once will fail again unless so meting radical is attempted? I console myself this is but a part of evolution in finding a better mouse trap (mixed metaphor) provided Dunlop do better with a revision and write a book about the problems of designing travel luggage. The best designs might get stolen just for the bag of course, but we can all disguise excellence with some tape, a bit of paint and these days a racker device? Not that I know anything, just be like a Freenmason, do not exclude anything up to par, bring it within a quality circle and make something of finding a better way? Take any object in this world..however mature it is in its life cycle, and surely it can be celebrated or if not improved t order, to taste or just by accident with the addition or if you are cheeky, taking away of an offensive element. I am not saying I have done that, but if you study for a few days the old patents from the last 100 years alone, so much has been suggested by so many it bis time we sought the best for those who would serve us, lest they master our ambitions. Dunlop, that is some free stuff please.

رائع Thanks nice work

Wow.. It works😍😍

If you need a suitcase handle fixed in Far North Queensland, our boy Jussy can hook you up! He just looked at it and fixed it just like you did.

Great Video!

Thanks Ryan Reynalds

But my handle is broken at the screw point, actually the plastic broke around that area. How do I fix that? I can't find replacements. Should I try glue? Any creative solution out there? Thanks in advance.

Re: the replacement screw colour. That's what magic markers are for.

Yep! And a black sharpie will fix the screw color.

black marker will fix that. good job!

Thank You!!!!

Not off hand, I will need to check.

what if the part where the screw is fell off and is gone

genius

Thanks Bruda

Handle button is stuck. How?

Have the same suitcase, but I need the push button which broke on my suitcase.

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I fixed it the last time with a different sized screw, it fell of again... I cannot find that screw anywhere in the stores

or you can use your marker to make it color black than silver. i used a black nail polish tho 😁

Invece alla mia valigia si è sfilata completamente la maniglia con entrambe le bacchette. Ho notato che si è tolta una molla, dunque deve esserci un meccanismo a scatto all'interno. Grazie

luggage no suitcase would be a better title - thanks for the post anyways.

ive got the same one. and the same thing happened to me.

What if it's Broken instead of dismantle?

Ok awsome but how do you fix it jamed inside? And it wont come out and up?

I have a folding crate, the button is broken. Two screws beneath the handle release the top part exposing the broken plastic. I cannot find a repair part. I am going to manufacture a piece of aluminum plate to span the entire broken piece drilling the guide holes and producing a strongback, I'll then attach it to the broken part with screws or epoxy which may suffice. A lot of work? yes, parts are not easy to find and I will not let this defeat me.

No idea where you can get replacement parts, sorry. No sure is solder would work, it may be too soft. Thanks for the post.

What about if the inside rod is missing on one side?

Awesome. But not the same problem I am having with a total different thing.. I have a broken handle that would not go all the way up on my SEARS Craftsman Sit/Stand/Tote Truck (look it up to see what I mean). Now I have tried to take it apart or tried to move it all the way up. Could not. Anything I should do without buying a new one that they do not make anymore? Yeah, Sears is about to be gone. I paid for mine the same as if you were buying a expensive set of luggage. I use it for trade shows. So, anybody?

he sounds like Mr Rogers...

My handle broke. Do you think I can replace it?

I need traduction.

That air vent is really dirty

Suitcase of my luggage doesn't raise up

Totally bogus

And skip the last 1/3 as well.

bastante poronga.

Skip the first 1/3 if this.

Gee that's great, but you talk too much.

Candidly, this could have been a 30-second video. Lot of irrelevant and wasted air time