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imarookie
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aright so i was wondering if any of you guys had this problem before with the hellbents or k2 skis in general. so i was messin around at brighton saturday night, and was playing on some rails ( i know stupid on hellbents but whatever) and i landed funny, and my tip hit the ground, and the little hellbent metal thing on the ski snapped in half, and half fell off...well now there is this giant hole where it should have been pinned in haha, and i was wondering what you guys suggest to do. maybe just fill with super glue? or could i just melt some ptex in there? or would i have to get some epoxy or something? heres a picture of it, its like a metal hole, so it looks like a pin or button or somethin was sposed to go in there....i hope this works i took these with the iphoto thing haha.
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Jan 11 2010 3:28PM
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chicken
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pull/drill out the other side.
find a correct sized rivet
Add new rivets

you might want to put a bit of water proof glue type stuff too just to keep water out
Jan 11 2010 3:31PM
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_steffen_
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cant see the pic but sounds like they are pretty fucked up id say fight fire with fire and break em even more
Jan 11 2010 3:32PM
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chicken
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or does this not go all the way through the ski?

i know my old public enemies had rivits all the way through them
Jan 11 2010 3:32PM
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skiierman
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dude its like a wound on your body. fill it with gun powder and light that shit. itll seal it right up.
Jan 11 2010 3:34PM
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imarookie
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it doesnt go all the way through the ski, it looks like an open empty campbells soup can, and that little circle thing on the bottom of the ski is still there. and if you cant see it look at the photo, and look to the bottom and left of that little metal strip. i know its a shitty picture
Jan 11 2010 3:36PM
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chicken
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yeah if that metal circle is on the bottom I would just drill it out and put a new rivet in. just make sure you have a big enough rivet and you should be good.

I do it to my water ramp skis all the time to stop them from delaming after I fibreglass them
Jan 11 2010 3:41PM
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imarookie
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hmmmm. im not very good at tech stuff haha. all i know how to do is wax skis....how would i go about doin somethin like this?
Jan 11 2010 4:18PM
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ripper_shredder
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You could probably bring them into a shop and they could rivet them for you.
Jan 11 2010 8:25PM
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johanblaze
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Keep that half a rivet in there. Fill the other hole with epoxy that takes at least an hour to set. 5 minute epoxy will fall out.
Jan 11 2010 8:47PM
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Spaceman_spiff
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My brother had the exact same problem with his hellbents and he filled it with appoxy then ptex and it seemed to hold fine
Jan 11 2010 9:03PM
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schmies
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PM me and I'll get you set up.
Jan 11 2010 9:03PM
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bobs
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gotta love professionals on ns.
Jan 11 2010 9:19PM
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jca
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same thing happened with my bents, i kept on riding them, they are fine.

Jan 11 2010 9:42PM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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I have seen this happen to 3 pairs of K2's in 3 years. two Seths and one HellBent. epoxy seems to work well.
Jan 11 2010 10:44PM
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Drewsef.
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ballin
Jan 11 2010 10:59PM
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