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Real Quick Binding Safety question

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EastCoast315
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When I was like 12, I had these fischer sceneos that were terrible for the most part. But I need a ski to race on this year, and Im thinking I'll use them. (I dont take racing seriously at all, see my other thread on joining ski team)
But, they were mounted with some shitty salomon binding, that was terrible. So I unscrewed them out, and found some old Markers from the 80's that had the same exact screw pattern, and I screwed them in good and tight. Is this too dangerous to take one quick run on a few times a week?
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Nov 10 2009 9:17PM
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Slinger1x1
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usually if you unscrew bindings, you have to put in this medal thing that like screws into the wholes and has threads on it so you can screw in a screw
Nov 10 2009 9:25PM
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DrZoidberg
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^Helicoil???
Nov 10 2009 9:27PM
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thegreyarea
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I don't recommend hand screwing in bindings. Even if you remount them, be wary of the bindings. They're over 20 years old and most of the components arent good anymore.
Nov 10 2009 9:42PM
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DBeck
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i think you'll be fine. I guess you could say its not 'suggested' but you aren't the first person to do it.
Nov 10 2009 9:42PM
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EastCoast315
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thats what I figured
Ill just break out the screwgun and get them in there real good
Nov 11 2009 9:41AM
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no_steeze
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do not do this
i repeat
do not do this

while a screwgun is condusive to mounting bindings, it is MUCH safer to do it by hand with a #3 posidrive screwdriver. you can "get them in there real good" with a screwdriver also, the thing about a screwgun is that it will continue to spin in your holes after you've maxed out the threads and there's danger of stripping your holes

put some wood glue in the holes and crank the screws down, if you spin too hard the threads can release and then you've fucked your hole and need a helicoil

a screwgun won't get them in there as well as you think and there's much more room for it to fuck you up
Nov 11 2009 11:03AM
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EastCoast315
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I see what you mean, it takes more finesse then a machine can effectively handle
No doubt, Ill do it by hand
Nov 11 2009 11:17AM
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no_steeze
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more finesse and strength

also a drill has so much torque that it can really yank the screw around. some shops use special drills so they can mount bindings fast but so that they don't fuck up the holes
Nov 11 2009 11:31AM
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Slinger1x1
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there we go, thank you
Nov 11 2009 12:05PM
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