Binding screws
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BLandz
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This is my hometown shop too. I know 6 different ppl that they fucked up their mounts and its become a major safety concern. Does anybody know if shops need to be certified or something in order to do ski mount's and if so im going to contact them and report my local shop. Enough is enough
Non_State_Actor
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DIY mounts...it's easy, fun and while time consuming you need very little to get started all of which could probably be had for the price of one mount at a ski shop.
Koshermilk
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14479171:BLandz said:
Yes all shop techs are required to be certified in order to even think of mounting or adjusting customers bindings so they fucked up
clindblomskier
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14479189:mystery3 said:
never paid for a mount, a drill bit is $18 and patience and precision is free. The paper templates you can find online are amazing, never had a single issue with a diy mount I've done (drilled ~20 skis over the past 4 years).
all these threads about shops fucking up mounts will have me continuing to do my own work
Burrito
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Can't speak to their mounting capabilities, but this is almost guaranteed to be fuck up on the part of Look's factory, not by the shop. No shop is opening up every single binding box they received to make sure the were assembled with the right screws because 9,999 times out of 10,000 they are. It's just bad luck. It happens.
**This post was edited on Nov 14th 2022 at 5:42:38pm
**This post was edited on Nov 14th 2022 at 5:42:38pm
Non_State_Actor
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14479389:clindblomskier said:
I got a tognar drill bit, a couple of posi-drive bits, and a nice little adjustable torque driver for around $80 all in. I like the precision of using a torque driver but it isn't absolutely necessary.
WoFIowz
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14479189:mystery3 said:
This. It's really fun and will save you money. Then if you want (although I doubt people do), take into a shop for a binding release torque test.
I'm never letting someone touch my shit again for anything but a tune up after last year. It's expensive here and they still managed to fuck up the settings and didn't document a release test on the paper. The sad part is this shop was the better of the two in town... The wtr tab was turned the wrong way so this resulted in the afd not making contact with my boot. In addition, they had my forward pressure so high I could barely snap in. Skied two days before I realized the mistake. Coulda caused a serious injury if I prereleased. Or prevented me from releasing. Not cool.
It's not rocket science folks.
Burrito
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14479619:tdollo said:
Even that I doubt. Screws are partially inserted/screwed in during factory assembly, and the bindings are boxed, shipped to shops, and rarely even opened before they’re sold with the exception of a quick flip of the lid to make sure the binding inside matches the name on the box, UPC, etc. Salespeople and techs are not pulling out bindings, fiddling with them, unscrewing their screws, and putting them back in their boxes just for funsies. Yes, it’s technically possible a dumb salesperson or tech lost some screws and put the wrong ones back in, but it’s infinitely more likely the factory simply installed the wrong screws in the first place.
tdollo
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14479677:Burrito said:
Sounds like you’ve never worked at a ski shop before. Swapping brakes from one box to another; even opening a box half the time the screws are just rolling around in the bottom. Pretty sure the Look factory has better quality control than some baked ass ski tech who knocked over the bindings and lost 7 of the 8 tie screws