Assuming you still have the original ends available and the tools, here is how you can repair your assist straps for under $8 a pair.
Buy 4 Raco Cable Protectors at less than $0.50 each. Home Depot may have them. I found mine at the local hardware store.
Buy 3’ of 5/8†Black Poly Rope at Home Depot for less than $2.
Buy two packages of 3/4†– 3/8†black heat shrink tubing SKU #032076077655 at Home Depot for less than $4.
Cut the ears off the cable protectors.
Grind a pair of recesses into one end of the cable protectors.
Bend the cable protector off center so the teeth on one end will fit into the recesses of the other end.
Sear the end of the rope and smooth it out with a wetted gloved hand. Slide a trimmed piece of heat shrink tubing over the rope. Thread the cable protector onto the assist strap end. Place the rope into the cable protector and onto a pair of the teeth.
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