PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[sf]

In my experience, yes, and I think most people that have tried have had success doing that. You can always check for yourself--the clearance between the underside of the toe wing and the AFD should be around 18mm.

Thanks

[XXX-er]

[QUOTE=justo8484;6994592]Did my first tech binding mount with the help of this piece of italian wizardry. Friend bought the Evolve Binding Jig from the guys at Fuge Skis and it worked out amazingly well.

curious, using that jig does the tech fitting on the boot heel drop perfectly into the pins ?

[justo8484]

[QUOTE=XXX-er;6996381]

Did my first tech binding mount with the help of this piece of italian wizardry. Friend bought the Evolve Binding Jig from the guys at Fuge Skis and it worked out amazingly well.

curious, using that jig does the tech fitting on the boot heel drop perfectly into the pins ?

Yup! Requires you to put your body weight into it to get them to step in, but it lines up spot on. I think I'm mounting a pair of pivots tonight, so curious to see how it goes with this jig.

[XXX-er]

well that ^^ would be the same for any tech heel fitting but i have heard of people using a jig and the pins NOT lining up with the heel fitting so I was curious

personally on a tech or frame binding I only drill 1 toe screws until I clip the boot in

[motopsycha]

Are the new Pivot 15/18 front «pedestals» compatible with older P18/FKS155/185 front houses?

As in; can you upgrade older bindings to be GW-compatible by mixing pedestals and houses between generations?

I put some FKS155 bodies on new GW pedestals and had some interference. The new pedestals had some casting flash that needed cleaned up before they would work.




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[justo8484]

well that ^^ would be the same for any tech heel fitting but i have heard of people using a jig and the pins NOT lining up with the heel fitting so I was curious

personally on a tech or frame binding I only drill 1 toe screws until I clip the boot in

Ya that's what I figured. I think it'd be pretty hard for this thing to NOT line up with the heel fitting, since you "install" the binding itself into the jig and then clip in to the binding to set the boot sole length for your mount. If somebody's got a jig that's not allowing the pins to line up that kinda sounds like a shitty jig.

[indyjones]

Does anyone know the SVST drill and tap sizes for their Heli-coils?

I'm planning on buying the heli-coils from BF but will likely have the correct drill/tap at machine shop at work (if I know the size).

http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...t.A/id.6317/.f
http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...t.A/id.5543/.f

[AlpiNord]

Does anyone know the SVST drill and tap sizes for their Heli-coils?

I'm planning on buying the heli-coils from BF but will likely have the correct drill/tap at machine shop at work (if I know the size).

http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...t.A/id.6317/.f
http://690685.shop.netsuite.com/s.nl...t.A/id.5543/.f

If memory serves me correctly, 1/4” drill bit?

I found this spec for the tap: #12-14 STI NS HSG 4FL BTM

I’m not 100% sure on accuracy, but might be able to find more info tomorrow.

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[indyjones]

If memory serves me correctly, 1/4” drill bit?

I found this spec for the tap: #12-14 STI NS HSG 4FL BTM

I’m not 100% sure on accuracy, but might be able to find more info tomorrow.

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Thanks Terry. I guess a #12-14 is different then a #12AB (standard alpine screw tap) ?

[AlpiNord]

Thanks Terry. I guess a #12-14 is different then a #12AB (standard alpine screw tap) ?

The tap is larger diameter and the pitch is for the OD of the heli-coils and possibly different thread depth?


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[sf]

I put some FKS155 bodies on new GW pedestals and had some interference. The new pedestals had some casting flash that needed cleaned up before they would work.




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Ok, thanks for the beta.

[Shorty_J]

Props to MottN for sick jig. Made mounting tech bindings while wearing a one month old and drinking a mimosa a piece of cake.Attachment 481322

You just leveled up with that... strong work!

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[macon]

Mounting some new skis with pivots and I did a test run on a 2x4 first. I have the binding mount bang-on exactly where I wanted it, but question for those who are familiar with the pivot 15 toe... (I haven't ridden pivots since I tore my ACL 5 years ago and I can't recall what this is supposed to look like)

Is the gap at the toe piece correct?
This almost looks like it's the wrong afd, but these are alpine soles that are compatible with the "Gripwalk A" afd of the Pivot 15s and I cant find any literature suggesting this is incorrect in the technical manual or otherwise. The front of the boot doesn't seem to sit completely inside the curve of the toe piece. My assumption is this is probably typical depending on the boot you have, but want to confirm with mags. Used SearchJong and couldn't get the terminology right to return results.

how's this look and what am I doing wrong here?

[PeachesNCream]

I hope it’s correct cause that’s how mine look

You can’t change the shape of the boot or binding so that’s kinda the way it is. I think they made it that way to force the points of contact to be the two black parts. Then different shape boot toes release the same


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[macon]

Thanks for that, that's what my assumption was, just wanted to be sure. I'm surprised they don't speak to this at all in the technical manual.

[MacFive]

I have a few questions. First how far away from old holes should I be going? I know 1cm is what is commonly agreed upon. What diameter do I need to drill for the helicoils? Should I be using epoxy or wood glue when installing helicoils? Finally where the hell do I source helicoils from in Canada? (specifically Ottawa if someone around here knows something I dont)

Also in refrence to my previous post. The skis came in and one of them was plugged with plastic dowels and the other was not plugged at all. Im not sure why this was the case, seems kinda suspicious, hoping there is no water damage. The ski that had nothing in it I kinda filled the holes with jbweld epoxy on impulse which I am realizing was a mistake.

[halliday]

Try Slidewright or Binding Freedom.

[oetk2]

Thanks for that, that's what my assumption was, just wanted to be sure. I'm surprised they don't speak to this at all in the technical manual.

It looks like the AFD is only half on the hard part of your sole. But as said above, not really much you can do about it.

[macon]

It looks like the AFD is only half on the hard part of your sole. But as said above, not really much you can do about it.

That’s what I noticed as well (hence the low angle pic), but yeah I don’t think there’s much adjustability here

[jbrine]

Anybody if there is a paper template for this older style Rossi/look axial 100? Not the same as the current ones, toes are same as current, heels are a bit different.


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[AlpiNord]

And FTR:

Knut's Axial1

[ASmileyFace]

Anybody if there is a paper template for this older style Rossi/look axial 100? Not the same as the current ones, toes are same as current, heels are a bit different.


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Isn't this the version of the heel that liked to explode? Circa early 2000s I think

[Drazzamatazz]

I'm probably overthinking things, but what does everyone use for fiberglass for mixing with epoxy?
I was going to just shave some off an old pair of skis, but don't have those on hand. Will fiberglass cloth work? Just trying to figure how what the local hardware shop is going to have that I can use.

[tuco]

Cut cloth into short strands
Or
The fiberglass equivalent of steel wool-fiberglass batt insulation

[Drazzamatazz]

Cut cloth into short strands
Or
The fiberglass equivalent of steel wool-fiberglass batt insulation

Thanks, that's what I imagined, brain was just being weird. Too bad I just finally brought all our old fiberglass insulation to the dump.

Since it's for an insert I'm thinking it'd be better to fill, let cure, then tap/drill. BUT maybe I could get by filling hole with FG & epoxy, inserting insert, then loosely mounting binding heel plate (to ensure insert orientation is correct)?