FKS Help

[PaleCelery]

I just got some FKS 155's and the heelpieces have holes in them where you jab your pole. I really doubt this is a problem, but I dont like seeing holes in my equipment, not do I want to jab it too hard with my pole and break something. Have any of you ever filled them in with epoxy or some other sort of plasticy rubbery compound. Maybe rubber cement? Chewing Gum? Does anyone have any experience with this? I know I've seen many bindings with the same problem.

 

[Balto]

epoxy! post all questions like this in the binding sticky!

 

[PaleCelery]

Wouldn't the epoxy drip down into the spring mechanism, or whatever is in there?

 

[Balto]

how big is the hole? pic?

 

[pjbauer]

i would only use epoxy if i were you... pics will be helpful though

 

[PaleCelery]

They are in the shop now, but its a fairly decent size. You could fit a ski pole in thurr. My estimate would be 7.2 mm in diameter.

 

[Balto]

that is a very exact estimate

 

[Caveman.]

You must have a good eye

 

[strongmark]

that plastic on the heel doesnt serve any purpose beyond a cover for exposed metal. a lil hole in it is nothing to worry about.

 

[PaleCelery]

These arent the same bindings, but to help illustrate the size of the hole, its about the size of the red circle.

 

[PaleCelery]

Ah shit... forgot to post the pic....

 

[J-Wallz]

kind of ard to see what is going on in the picture. but does it go all the way down to the metal or is i just a crater in the plastic

 

[pjbauer]

take a picture of the actual heal piece containing the whole

 

[Caveman.]

Read the thread.

 

[pjbauer]

when you get it back from the shop that is

 

[uni-corn]

Spell hole right.

 

[AJizzle]

Its the exact same size as his wank, 7.2mm

 

[TheClap.]

god awful joke

you just stright up suck

 

[AJizzle]

yeah in a terrible mood earlier, felt like making horrible dick jokes

 

[quebecfreestyler]

Use some jbstick weld, instead of straight up epoxy?
http://www.builderdepot.com/seo/JBWELDCOMPANY_BM/203959_8267-S_J-B_STICK_WELD.ihtml

tadam

The epoxy wouldnt get in the mechanism anyway.

 

[PaleCelery]

+k. That is exactly the kind of product I was looking for

 

[no_steeze]

hey everybody, billy mays here with yet another fantastic product, i call this, Mighty Putty
that might work, idk, it'd be interesting to see, certainly easy to use to fill the hole

 

[PaleCelery]

 

[MarkieR]

haha those used to be my skis! were you able to utilize the original binding holes?

 

[PaleCelery]

No, I wear a sz 31.0 (not sure of the bsl) so I had no choice but to re drill.

Those skis have seen some serious abuse this season though, and now they've been mounted 2.5 times, but they still seem to ski fine, despite the fact that they are delaminating underfoot. They are my urban skis now so it's whatever.