How to repair broken rope

Buy a new length sash cord at the hardware store. Your old rope should still be attached at one end. The rope goes from the collar where all the support arms come together then up to a top pulley and then down to your reach.

Thank you for your answer. I didn't know my husband knew how to do this, now it's OK
Thanks again

Thanks for your answer to my question too. However, how do you get into the pole to hook the cord on to the crank?? That is where mine broke and is now hanging our of the top by the pulley. :(:(:(

OK first you have to remove the crank assembly.

Now you're going to have to use 6ft of hard wire (music wire works well) and fish the wire through the joint pulley where the pole bends. (if your umbrella bends)

Now use another piece of wire about 12" long with a small hook on one end to catch the longer wire once you see it at the top pulley.

Bend a hook on the 6ft wire tape new rope or a piece of thread and attach it to the new rope and pull it through.

The rest should be easy. Good luck! Unc

I have an umbrella with a bendable post. To alow the new cord to go past this bending mechanism I unscrewed and removed it using a bit that came with my power drill until I found one that worked. Almost every umbrella maker uses different and/or various screws and bolts. (It helps to take this bending mechanism off to see how to thread the cord through it.) I then ran the cord down past where the winding mechanism was (I had to remove it also to unhook and remove the frayed and broken cord.) I first threaded the rope/cord through the winding mechanism, tying a knot into it; then I replaced the bending mechanism after I threaded the cord through it; then I threaded the cord to run over the top pulley usually at the top of the post. Then I pulled the cord over the pulley and tied it to the part that raised and lowered the umbrella spokes. I turned the handle a bit to check if it worked (raising and lowering). Read the other answers on how to remove and thread the cord up over the pulley and down to where the cord raises and lowers the umbrella spokes. I usually take digital pictures of all the parts before I unscrew them so that I replace them just like they looked like when they were working even with the bad cord.