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ROSSIGNOL FKS 140 HELP!!!!!!!!

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bethechange94
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Hey newschoolers what the hell is wrong with my bindings!!!!!!!!! shouldnt flex like that!!!! should i take them back to shop and be like WTF is wrong with these????

Watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQjh3ObQbGc
Jan 18 2011 1:32AM
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hjb
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Looks like the forward pressure isn't set properly. Take them to a shop to have them adjusted if you don't know how to do it yourself.
Jan 18 2011 4:37AM
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japanada
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Take  em to the shop that mounted them, unless it was a dicks/box store shop, in that case find a real ski shop. Looks like the  forward pressure is off, by a bit.
Jan 18 2011 5:30PM
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DGOskeeze
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Even if your forward pressure is slightly off it shouldn't do that to that degree. What kind of skis are they? The two rear holes might have stripped out and not be holding the binding to the ski. Some skis have really soft cores and easy to pull the screws out. Or even strip as a tech tightens them to the ski. I have seen this a lot. This is now why I hand tighten all screws to skis. No drills. Take em to a legit shop and they should be able to help you out. Good luck
Jan 18 2011 6:48PM
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Ghini
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Yeah, look if the rear of the bindings comes  up from the ski.. It kinda looks like that but you cant really tell from the video..

If it does..well what DGO said.. ^

Jan 18 2011 9:38PM
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Chompo.
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your forward pressure is way off...
Jan 18 2011 9:39PM
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jeremy.g
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hmmmm. it looks like it should be doing, the opposite of what it seems to be doing right now
Jan 18 2011 9:58PM
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Dave_Marshak
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Yeah these are a bitch to mount. The rear bolts look like they have been stripped as the previous poster said. You will need to pull the binder off and helicoil the hole, then screw it down with some 12hr epoxy.
Jan 19 2011 12:37AM
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bethechange94
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The back of the binding is lifting off of the ski!!!!!!! there armada JJ's that shop is getting a earful today from me so thanks guy +K for all of you
Jan 20 2011 2:47PM
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MEGAZORD
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First of all, they are not stripped, It's the forward pressure that is off.

Second, why would you epoxy binding screws into a ski? Its real fun when your bsl changes, or you buy a new ski. They binding screws will have to have their heads ground off.
Jan 20 2011 3:31PM
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bethechange94
Posts: 69 - Karma: 10
It is fixed the forward pressure was a little off the guys at the ski shop helped me out no problem never knew these binders were so hard to adjust lol
Jan 20 2011 6:52PM
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MEGAZORD
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Thats the reason they stopped making them in the first place.
Jan 20 2011 7:51PM
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bethechange94
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no they stopped making them because the only people that wanted them were racers at the time... now since the newschool scene is big mountain where people are cranking there din to stay in. They want a binding on twisting falls they will stay in. But they are a pain in the ass
Jan 20 2011 8:44PM
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B-runge
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not at all.^
i heard that racers disliked the fks series
thats not why they stopped making them
Jan 20 2011 9:00PM
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MEGAZORD
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Racers did not like them. They favored the newer px18 for its ease of use.
Jan 20 2011 9:22PM
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