Tightening bindings

GoonThug

GoonThug

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i have salomon bindings. i wanna tighten them. do i turn the knob in the front to hight or lower numbers ?
 
Higher.

Why do you want to tighten them?

By the sounds of it you don't really know what you are doing - so it may not be your DIN if you are prereleasing

What sort of bindings are they, what height/weight are you, what is the BSL (boot sole length, marked on the side near the heel on your boot), What skier code/ability

And what DIN are they set at right now?
 
i wanna tighten them because when i butter i fall on my face or back. they are sp912(i believe) they are set to 10 and the BSL is 334. im an advance skier i believe that is code 3.

i know wha m doing skiing wise just not maintaining equipment...whats prereleasing?
 
A shop should set you at 8, so 10 is more than enough.

Prereleasing is exactly that, releasing out of your binding before you really should - butters don't count though they exert far more pressure on bindings than normal skiing will.

Do you know if its the toe or heel which is releasing? It's very unlikely that your toepiece is ejecting you if you are buttering on the nose

You can crank the settings but all that will do is put you at risk of not ejecting when you really need to, and your knee will eject instead.

Is it both bindings that release?

 
yes it it the heel releasing on both feet first so just keep it around ten? because when i do crash they seem to pop of at that level
 
It could also be forward pressure or more possibly the toe adjustment screw (someone correct me if i'm wrong - 912's have this don't they) which can often get loose allowing your boot to pivot on the spherical AFD and come out under the toe wing in bad cases..

There are things you can do to fix the toewing screw in place if thats the problem - i.e loctite
 
anything with the driver toe is always in need of upkeep. There are mose things than usuall that can go wrong. The toe wing adj, toe height adj, and forward pressure is the big one. Bring it to a shop for a release check and ask for 3+. They might look at you funny but it is a real thing. I myself manage a ski shop. I know what i am talking about. Bring it to a shop, you dont know what youre doing and could potentially destroy your knees.
 
Up to you on where you have your settings at. 10 is already 2 points higher than whats recommended for your stats - but it's up to your discretion either way.

So there really is no issue apart from you coming out of your bindings when you try to butter?

I'd say thats just because you are a heavy bloke putting a stack of pressure on them.

You could check the forward pressure, but if you are coming out when you need to normally, then it should be fine.

If it's just the heels then try turning them up half a setting - to around 10.5 and see if that does anything, but once again - you are just putting yourself at risk of hurting yourself if your skis don't eject in a twisting fall.
 
an advanced skier at 250 should be about a 9-10 i thought, but maybe im wrong, but you should take it into a shop because this kind of stuff you don't want to mess up...
 
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woah woah woah,, if your DIMs are at 10 then you need to actually move the binding forward,, then bring that DIM down,, if your not racing then your DIM shouldnt be above a 9 dude,, i set mine at 8 for park.
 
^uh well, the DIM is how well you can twist the binding, so you have to have the right combination of tightness on the boot and how well the bindings can actuallly twist so that you dont release for no reason.? what are you talking about.. its not all that complicated
 
if you dont know if you should be turning your dins up in the first place then you shouldnt be turing things that you arent familiar with.
 
which is why you repeatedly spell DIN wrong. seriously the only advice anybody should take about adjusting their bindings from NS is that unless they're already a certified tech take your skis to a shop.
 
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