Mounting question

if you don't know what your doing, i highly recommend you go to a shop and get it done there. not safe to mount bindings on your own without any previous knowledge/experience.

Even if the holes are already there? Sorry if this is an extremely "noob" question, but I couldnt' find anything on it :(.  Also, where do I get the mounting hardware?

Alright. Skis come with no holes

bindings should be mounted by a shop unless you know what your doing (and no offense, but it doesnt sound like you do). It can cost anywhere from 20-80 dollars. where i live, the cheapest is 40, the most expensive is 80.

unless the binding are adjustable, which the mostly likely arent (what bindings are they?), they will need to be mounted to the specific boot size you have.

The ski's are used and have already been mounted for a 27.5 size boot. (see OP)

The bindings are axial 2's.

So I do indeed need to remount/redrill even for a .5-1 foot size larger boot?

And no offense taken that I don' tknow anything about this stuff, iv'e realized that already :p.

Thanks for the help so far!

Axial2's should adjust enough to accomodate your boot, but why bother when they aren't even on the ski? You will need to get them mounted for your boot anyway, so i'd start out from scratch..

The question is where do you want the bindings mounted on the ski - if you don't know this, then i'd suggest recommended (depending on the skis you are getting)

As for mounting in old holes, yes you can - it's a good idea to use helicoil inserts as to reduce the chance of the bindings ripping out though.

So am I on the right track when i'm thinking that these same bindings were originally mounted in the ski and now they have been taken off for sale (which is retarded by the way)?

If the original holes were for different bindings (i.e different screw pattern) then obviously you can't mount into the existing holes

As for not coming with any mounting hardware, the guy may be referring to not having screws for the bindings - let a shop deal with that, they should have a stack lying around.

Thanks!  I'm actually not sure, but it says the ski's were mounted with px series bindings, which from what iv'e seen is the same pattern as the axials.

How do I actually mount the bindings (assuming I use the same holes)?  This is a super obvious question...but I can't find it anywhere.  Is it a simple screw in procedure and I can just use any old screwdriver?

Well yes, the PX and Axial2 holes are the same - but for a different sized boot it would be stupid to mount back in the old holes and then try to extend the heel on the binding to accomodate your boot..

When mounting in old holes it's not just grab a screwdriver and go for it - you would definitely end up pulling your bindings out of the ski

I'm not going to go into how to mount bindings, because you should let a shop do this and you will want to make sure they helicoil the holes or you will end up without a heelpiece one day

Seriously, pay the money to a shop. Even getting your hands on a #3 pozidrive will be hard enough

mounting ski bindings is a HUGE process that can be screwed up way to easily

It involved tons of measuring, a certain drill, epoxy as well as possibly some other things.

you need to measure out exactly where the whole would need to go, this is very complicated. you then need to drill perfect holes (if they go to deep, they will go right through the ski, and the ski is not very thick). you then need to put some epoxy in those holes so that when you put in the screws, the epoxy put in that extra strength

im going to say this loud and clear. DO NOT MOUNT THE BINDINGS YOURSELF!!!
have a shop do it

na dude have a shop do it. in our shop it's 35 for a mount and idk prollly 10 for hardware. plus 15 for a function test so you are looking at like 60 bucks for everything. but have a shop do it cuz depending on your sole length they might need to be drilled twice and have the old holes filled.