Salomon 912 ti heel piece failure

So I lent a buddy of mine my Rossi scratch BC WRS with brand new salomon 912 ti's (made in '05, just mounted a couple of months ago) to go out to Steamboat. Well I just got a call that he landed some big air, landed switch, and one of the heel pieces ripped out of the track, destroying the toe piece at the same time. I haven't seen it yet, and maybe I'll post pics when I get the skis back. He says the track is intact, apparently the tabs that slide on the track are what failed. I already called REI where I bought them, and they have another set put aside.

Anyone have this happen to them or seen it happen before??

You're the first!!!

Hmmm, I guess I never thought that by getting a shitty low-end Salomon binding...you'd actually GET a shitty low-end Salomon binding. This is why people say that the 916 (and predecessors) are the only truly solid binding they make, get those.

wow thanks guys! :yourock:

I have seen this several times from exactly what you mentioned and also sliding rails, and the heel piece pulls out of the track by catching on a slide.

Sell off the new set of s912's, and get a pair of S916's, or 14 din 997's with the metal heel. Or just don't flog on them.