•  Verify the Spectra ® centerline is knotted, finger- trapped and sewn. •  Verify the colored eye location of the centerline is  marked green. •  Applicable products: All main deployment bags •  Description: Repair of main deployment bag •  Authorized repairmen: FAA Senior or Master  Parachute Rigger  •  Materials: E thread, Type-4 tape or equivalent and  grommets to match original •  Machines: 301 straight stitch—medium duty 7–11 SPI  and 308 zigzag—medium duty 7–11 SPI •  Equipment: Scissors, seam ripper or scalpel, marking  pencil, 6-inch ruler, grommet set, and hole punch Main Deployment Bag Repair—Closing Flap  Grommet Pullout Procedure Disassembly The most common repair needed to a main deployment is the  repair of the closing flap in the area of the grommets. The  grommets work loose and pull out, damaging the material.  The tongue will need reinforcing and new grommets. 4.  Sew down the binding tape and rebind as needed.  [Figure D] 1.  Remove grommets from the tongue of the bag. 2.  Unpick the binding along the edge of the grommet  reinforcing tape.  [Figure A] 5.  Set new grommets in the original locations.  [Figure E] 1.  Overlay a piece of 1.5 inch Type-4 tape on the top of  the bag tongue and sew down.  [Figure B] 2.  Punch new holes through the Type-4 from the back  side in the same location as the original location. 3.  Overlay the back side of the tongue with a piece of 1.5  inch Type-3 tape and sew down.  [Figure C]  Punch  new holes through the tape. Reassembly 7-72