People who know shit about mounting

[JaayLaay]

So i bought my skis from my friend, and they had been mounted previously. Now, I know NOTHING about mounting skis, but when i took them to the local shop, he said he cant mount them center because it would be dangerous. He says that he HAS to mount them the length of a pencil eraser away from the previous holes. I guessed that would be anywhere from 2/8s to 3/8s of an inch from center. Which is a SUPER small amount. Im just wondering if that small amount will make any difference.

+k for good answers.

Fuck you for bad ones.

 

[TheClap.]

when in doubt go +1 from tc

so hott right now

 

[JaayLaay]

so...no difference basically? haha

 

[I_Am_Mod]

(hole diameter) distance between old and new holes is about the required spacing.... 1cm back or forth is definately safe..

won't feel very different tough, your shoppie knows whats up.....

 

[Huckley]

this...

you wont notice the difference...besides, the more you drill the lighter your skis get

 

[-AP-]

Even better would be if you had the same/similar bindings and could reuse the toe holes

 

[JaayLaay]

thanks for the replys guys!

 

[Shredability]

uhhh, not an expert but pretty sure this would be a poor decision

 

[Huckley]

Please tell me you work at a shop lol

 

[-AP-]

I don't mean do it yourself. If you have the same bindings the shop guy might be able to reuse the same holes. That would effect the mounting point if you have a different boot size though

 

[I_Am_Mod]

first of all, if you're remounting because of boot sizes, you stay the f away from your toepiece and you simply bump the heelpiece back a cm or more and adjust with the rail ......

If you're remounting with different bindings, there's simply no way you could safely re-use holes, except maybe if they're the exact same model or from the same molds/design...

and if you do plan on doing this, for the safety, i'd highly recommend drilling out the old holes and getting inserts in them ....

 

[NWPA]

i can tell your very knowledgable

 

[Mike.Records]

I think everyone has hit the major points in terms of space between old drill holes and the fact that a cm or 2 forward or back really isn't noticable. If anyone is interested I wrote up a how to on mounting your own bindings over on my blog: http://www.mikerecords.com/2011/04/binding-mounting.html

 

[dispatchQ_main]

i upgraded from mojo 12- mojo 18's and they worked fine in the same holes as before. I only rode on those skis for about a month after this, before i got new ones tho.

 

[crab_pretzel]

i actually had the exact same question:

i got my skis mounted last year at +4 for the first time.

i realized this was a huge mistake now that the seasons over and plan on moving it up 3cm to +7. safe?

 

[rozboon]

Safe as, the only time you sometimes have problems is if the rear mounting screws of the toe or heel are suddenly where your front ones used to be, except wider/narrower. Cos even if the screw holes don't overlap, you're removing so much material from that part of the ski that it gets a bit dicey.