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Vish-shoe

Vish-shoe

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Snapped both of the turntables on my pivots. Trying to figure out if I did something wrong or if it was just bad luck. Both breaking by chance seems unlikely though. Right now I’m thinking that the foreword pressure was way too high but when I checked last it was between the indicators

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Don't use your other ski to clip out of your bindings, always use your pole. All the force you put in to the heel to click out goes right to that part you snapped. This is very common on pivots unfortunately.
 
14593333:tdollo said:
Don't use your other ski to clip out of your bindings, always use your pole. All the force you put in to the heel to click out goes right to that part you snapped. This is very common on pivots unfortunately.
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Another L for non pole skiers
 
14593333:tdollo said:
Don't use your other ski to clip out of your bindings, always use your pole. All the force you put in to the heel to click out goes right to that part you snapped. This is very common on pivots unfortunately.
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Yeah nah I’m not going to be skiing with poles any time soon
 
14593333:tdollo said:
Don't use your other ski to clip out of your bindings, always use your pole. All the force you put in to the heel to click out goes right to that part you snapped. This is very common on pivots unfortunately.
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pivots suck ass for doing this. my poles always slip and the paint chips off. i always do it but it's really annoying.
 
14593376:Slugger66 said:
>refuses to use equipment as designed

>breaks equipment and complains

It's a tale as old as time on this website!
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I didn't really complain or "refuse to use equipment as designed"

I was trying to find out how to prevent this from happening again, which this thread helped with.

Skiing without poles isn't exactly a new thing.
 
I didn’t even know stomping on your pivots could damage them.

I’ve been skiing with no poles pretty much my whole life and I’ve been skiing pivots for about 15 years. I always used the stomp out method and I never had any issues with any of my bindings… I guess I’m being careful when I do it? I bought a used pair of pivots 18 back in 2013 and they were already pretty beat on and to this day they still work flawlessly and I still use them. Never had to replace any parts at all.
 
Common issue with pivots over the past 10 years or so. They are likey using cheap metal to save on production costs.

The "don't use your boots" is a bunch of bs. As if a ptex base pressing the tip of the dildo is any different than a ski pole. You can't even touch your boot to the turnable as the arms and your other boot are in the way.

Imo it's just Look running the numbers and choosing cheap manufacturing over longevity of the product, they know there's no alternatives with a turntable heel.

**This post was edited on Feb 25th 2024 at 9:03:34am
 
14593456:Static said:
Common issue with pivots over the past 10 years or so. They are likey using cheap metal to save on production costs.

The "don't use your boots" is a bunch of bs. As if a ptex base pressing the tip of the dildo is any different than a ski pole. You can't even touch your boot to the turnable as the arms and your other boot are in the way.

Imo it's just Look running the numbers and choosing cheap manufacturing over longevity of the product, they know there's no alternatives with a turntable heel.

**This post was edited on Feb 25th 2024 at 9:03:34am
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No a ptex base won’t damage a pivot. But the metal edge does when it slides down the dildo when you’re stepping on them. Which is why they have the long gouges in them from people using their ski edges on the heels. Pay attention when you stop pivots it ain’t the base hitting the heel

the issue is not you hitting the turntable, the issue is you’re putting unneeded stress into the arms and turn table at an angle they weren’t intended to have pressure put on. Which is why they all snap in the same area.

you stomping the heel puts forces into the turntable at the wrong angle. Which snaps the turn table. It’s not rocket science
 
14593471:PartyBullshiit said:
No a ptex base won’t damage a pivot. But the metal edge does when it slides down the dildo when you’re stepping on them. Which is why they have the long gouges in them from people using their ski edges on the heels. Pay attention when you stop pivots it ain’t the base hitting the heel

the issue is not you hitting the turntable, the issue is you’re putting unneeded stress into the arms and turn table at an angle they weren’t intended to have pressure put on. Which is why they all snap in the same area.

you stomping the heel puts forces into the turntable at the wrong angle. Which snaps the turn table. It’s not rocket science
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If you aren’t supposed to step on them why is look adding bumpers to the 2.0 specifically so you can step on them without scratching the paint? People have been stepping on their pivots for decades with no problem. This exact break is super common lately and its a most likely a manufacturing issue. Send in a claim to rossignols warranty dept and they might hook you up with new brakes
 
14593625:Paul. said:
If you aren’t supposed to step on them why is look adding bumpers to the 2.0 specifically so you can step on them without scratching the paint? People have been stepping on their pivots for decades with no problem. This exact break is super common lately and it’s a most likely a manufacturing issue. Send in a claim to rossignols warranty dept and they might hook you up with new brakes
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Hit up the shop which I bought them from and they said that a warranty was pretty unlikely because they were past the 1 year warranty period and used in the park heavily.
 
14593625:Paul. said:
If you aren’t supposed to step on them why is look adding bumpers to the 2.0 specifically so you can step on them without scratching the paint? People have been stepping on their pivots for decades with no problem. This exact break is super common lately and it’s a most likely a manufacturing issue. Send in a claim to rossignols warranty dept and they might hook you up with new brakes
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They’re adding them because people are stepping on them and literally ruining the heels. This isn’t knew. Look at any pivot that’s been stepped on and the heel is wrecked to shit in that area. Then you have tons of dumb fucks trying to do warranty claims on their broken pivots because they’ve destroyed the heels. Look is notorious for denying warranty claims on heels that have been stomped on.

people have been stepping on them for decades and breaking than in the same area for decades.

crazy right that a company would make a improvement to fix an common issue right. What were they thinking. Lmao
 
14593645:PartyBullshiit said:
people have been stepping on them for decades and breaking than in the same area for decades.

crazy right that a company would make a improvement to fix an common issue right. What were they thinking. Lmao
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Stepping on them since the beginning, yes; But not breaking since the beginning. I have a pair of 20+ yr old p10's, basically old plastic pivots, that are reserved for backyard use that have been stomped on literally thousands of times that have not broken. Meanwhile a modern metal Pivot can't even outlast a ski.

It is crazy that they won't improve the spot on the turntable to fix a common issue. What are they thinking?$$$$

**This post was edited on Feb 26th 2024 at 12:19:41pm
 
14593649:Static said:
Stepping on them since the beginning, yes; But not breaking since the beginning. I have a pair of 20+ yr old p10's, basically old plastic pivots, that are reserved for backyard use that have been stomped on literally thousands of times that have not broken. Meanwhile a modern metal Pivot can't even outlast a ski.

It is crazy that they won't improve the spot on the turntable spot to fix a common issue. What are they thinking?$$$$
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You’re not supposed to stomp on them. It’s that simple. And they don’t give a fuck if you break yours. That’s why they deny warranty claims for stomped bindings so often.

they have your money have a nice day if you want to be dumb and break your own shit doing stupid stuff.
 
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