Replacing Broken Brake

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SKI.ING

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Skiing the other day and tweaked my brake to where it no longer functions and surprised it didn't snap. These are Tyrolia Peak 15s by the way. Now the brake is bent so it doesn't let the pedal go all the way down when I step in and the base of the plastic that attaches the brake to the heel is cracked. I ordered new brakes and was wondering what to fill the holes with where the 2 screws go through the brake.

On Tyrolia bindings the mounting screws go through the brake and into the ski. Do I simply unscrew them, epoxy hole and screw the new ones back on with a phillips screwdriver or is this something I should ask my shop about? Heard many different many things on whether or not wood glue is better than epoxy, etc. so any info is welcome.

Just don't want to damage my skis and want the best way to go about this without my heel ripping out later down the road. Sorry for the long read.

 
you shouldn't have to pull out the heel piece screws to swap the brake with a new one, is there a third screw between the two that hold in the heel piece? if there is that should be all you have to unscrew.
 
not really all that familiar with tyrolia bindings. when you put wood glue in the holes, it purely for keeping water out. it doesnt have anything to do with holding the screws in. to be on the safe side you could use some epoxy if you want to, couldnt hurt. either way, if they rip out you can heli coil them.
 
Unfortunately Tyrolia heels are also held down by the two screws that go through the brake pedal, unless someone can tell me I'm wrong on this?

Any ski techs with some advice on this? Just unscrew, put new brake, and epoxy the screws back in?
 
Take it to a shop. When you remove screws out of your ski and resink them, you can easily fuck up the threads and compromise your bindings. Epoxy is not a cure-all, if it was heli coils would not have had to be invented.
 
^Thanks Ginko. Yeah I wish I could just leave it on there, but I feel it interferes with the release of the binding and I don't want my knees at risk just to save the ski some extra screw in/out.
 
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