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Is it bad to bend breaks twice

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Canuker
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Im about to get my 08 invaders mounted with my new 2007 rossignol fks 120's, the brakes are going to have to be bent for them to fit. Im probably getting new ski's this season which might be fatter, im wondering if its bad if the breaks would have to be re-bent to fit my new ones.

Feb 22 2010 7:33PM
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Balto
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well you should be able to fit invaders with stock fks breaks. invaders are what, 82 under foot? and fks stock are 80 i think
Feb 22 2010 7:38PM
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Canuker
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83, but they still have to be bent
Feb 22 2010 8:03PM
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Ben.
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how do you bend something that is broken? its already broken
Feb 22 2010 8:42PM
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Balto
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have you tried?

and just an fyi, alot of shops will not bend fks breaks for you
Feb 22 2010 9:59PM
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B-runge
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ill go test it out on for you on an 82 waist

got a pair of 120's lying around with stocks
im pretty confident you wont have to bend
Feb 22 2010 10:42PM
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poopandflush
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Its bad to bend brakes to many times.
They will break if you do.
Feb 22 2010 10:47PM
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no_steeze
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they will probably fit, if not it will be a slight tweak as opposed to a full 90-90 bend. 2 90-90 bends will most likely break a set of brakes unless they are seriously spread out and the bender is good at what he does

if you bend once for 90 and again for 130 there might be enough arm length to keep the integrity of the metal, but it's very iffy
Feb 22 2010 10:55PM
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49566738265
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3 mm?  Grab the brakes with two hands and pull them apart.  It's that easy to make a little room.  3mm is incredibly small.
Feb 22 2010 11:04PM
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B-runge
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yeah it was a tight squeeze but it fit i dont think it will require bending
Feb 22 2010 11:15PM
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traylortrash
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too

and I don't have much experience with it, but I think that bending them too many times would make em break easier...
Feb 22 2010 11:31PM
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jca
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no, if you're careful you should be fine.

On one pair of fks breaks I swear I bent them 5 or 6 times to get them right and they haven't broken.

Feb 22 2010 11:42PM
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Canuker
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could is just pull them for that extra 3mm? like i lined them up with my invaders and they practically fit, is it worth doing a full bend?
Feb 23 2010 5:17PM
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Balto
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just pull
Feb 23 2010 5:25PM
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B-runge
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you dont need to bend
it was actually like an 84 i put em over and it was good
Feb 23 2010 7:33PM
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Canuker
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Mine dont fit, i tried a few times.
Feb 23 2010 11:15PM
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B-runge
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what the heck
i think they should be good
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Feb 23 2010 11:18PM
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Canuker
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Well my bro took off my existing heal piece ( i was at work) and slaped the fks over top of that spot and said the breaks dont fit. He said it shouldnt take more than a little bend though, not a full 90 degree one, but just pulling them outwards.
Feb 23 2010 11:28PM
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Ben.
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you can definitely just pull them out a little. i know a kid who has them around anthems with just a pull, not a full on bend.
Feb 26 2010 1:58AM
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no_steeze
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don't pull too hard though or the arms can tear out of the housing and you have to take the whole heel apart
Feb 26 2010 11:55AM
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