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Bending p18 brakes?

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cbrady
Posts: 2857 - Karma: 124
how hard is it...i would only need to bend them to fit a 92 waist
Mar 20 2007 1:44PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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its always a bitch, there is a really good thread on tgr forums search over there, but a hint to getting the spring back under the break is to put the entire heel piece back together minus the spring, and the back screws and metal piee, then using a big flat head screw driver whack the spring back in place, then put the metal piece and screws back into place
Mar 20 2007 2:16PM
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steezy-joe
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all brakes bend, id say salomon most easily, but id say dont worry too much about it
Mar 20 2007 2:53PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
what a worthless post, oh yeah also when you bend the brakes bend them straight out first, then, bend them down, my shop did one pair for me and they just bent the brakes out to make a V so i had to go back and rebend them after because they wouldnt go up
Mar 20 2007 3:04PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
JUST GET WIDE BREAKS
Mar 20 2007 5:28PM
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DreeeW
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look sells wide brakes with any binding, and usually they are 50$. but, if you are buying the binding at the same time, they will just swap the stock look brake(worth 25$)with the wide break, and take it off the cost of the widebrake, so really its a deal at 25$.
Mar 20 2007 5:31PM
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-+Siver+-
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this happened to me i just got them remplaced it cost me 10-15 dollars and it took them 5 minutes
Mar 20 2007 5:31PM
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Ryanvdonk
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it's not that hard to do, here's the TGR tutorial on how to do it. the hardest part is putting the spring back in place.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24647
Mar 20 2007 5:35PM
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dweezileast
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I have bent the brakes (accidentally) on every pair of look bindings i've ever owned, and I always end up having to cut them off, or hook them on my ski so they don't drag
Mar 20 2007 5:40PM
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nychka
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thats good advice, i bent mine into a V and now they get caught frequently after i land switch
Mar 20 2007 6:00PM
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Mskier91
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Its not that hard... what you need to do is cut a pole into a little hallow pole. put your boot in the binding and pull, they bend pretty easily.
Mar 20 2007 6:20PM
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