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Binding maintenance for the summer?

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nipe
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So I'm going to be in Bangkok for the next year and won't be skiing for over a year unfortunately. Anything specific I should do to my bindings to extend their life? Relax the tensioners perhaps by putting the DIN at lowest possible or what?
May 30 2006 9:48PM
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eheath
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Didn't you make a thread about this already awhile ago? I know someone did, but loosen your din, keeps the springs good.
May 30 2006 9:50PM
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nipe
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hah no i didnt, i thought someone did but couldn't find it.
May 30 2006 9:58PM
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Al_Smith
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Put all your dins at 0. If you leave them the way they are, the current setting will become the new zero.
May 31 2006 10:21AM
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SN0WBOARDER
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wax em' so the base doesn't dry out and loosen your dens to 0
May 31 2006 10:44AM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
i made a thread about summer ski storage, and here it is

https://newschoolers.com/ns3/web/forums/readthread.php?thread_id=209729&
May 31 2006 10:47AM
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mavric1298
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thats taking it a little too far....it will stretch out the springs over time, but nothing even close to this statement is true. Over time the spring will get looser and looser, if know someone at a shop they should have a machine in the back which can check if the binding is within spec (look at the ones that are not....5 years + old left on the same din)
May 31 2006 2:27PM
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ski_cartel
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you couldnt be more wrong. I work at a shop as a tec and i can confidently tell you that you want to losen bindings every time semmer or long period you dont use them. If you dont thiey will lose the strength
May 31 2006 2:34PM
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mavric1298
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I never said not to...I work at a shop as well....i was just stating they will not become a zero at whatever they are set on....per say mine are on 9...after leaving like that for a year + the 9 isn't goin to be a zero, it just wont be a nine....

personally i always turn mine down
May 31 2006 3:01PM
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nipe
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Thats basically what happened to my old bindings after 5 years of use.
May 31 2006 7:37PM
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LC.
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You don't really need to on modern bindings, but it won't hurt, so go for it if you know what you're doing.
May 31 2006 9:21PM
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nipe
Posts: 2586 - Karma: 6
I would argue that you do, after 4 years my previous bindings completely lost their tension, i had them cracked out and i still released, so if you were smart about it id say take care of your equipment
May 31 2006 9:29PM
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C.J.
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hes's right.I dont do it to my skis, but then again my summer is only 5 months.
May 31 2006 9:34PM
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ericski
Posts: 313 - Karma: 10
just bring ur din down
May 31 2006 9:35PM
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thedutchmayn
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i have a feeling next year im gonna forget to put it back to what it was.
May 31 2006 9:38PM
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C.J.
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^then put a note on them, or tape over the toe piece or something, come on dude try and think for your self.
May 31 2006 9:42PM
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