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New FKS broken?

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Hike
Posts: 6 - Karma: 10
I just got a delivery of some new fks but I'm not sure if something is wrong one of the heal pieces.
The hinge at the red circle requires heaps of forces to move. Is this right, will this even work.
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Oct 27 2011 7:51AM
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BWalmer
Posts: 9141 - Karma: 12,883
Nope, it's common, they'll move much easier when mounted, it wont move easily now because there's no leverage against it, the ski will provide that leverage. Also, BE CAREFUL when fooling around with unmounted FKS bindings, it's quite easy to get your finger caught in there, which usually doesn't do much damage to your finger, but hurts like hell.
Oct 27 2011 9:09AM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
This. BE CAREFUL. I've gotten my finger stuck in there and it
Oct 27 2011 10:07AM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Dammit... Fuck mobile. It's a bitch to get your finger out of there once the binding closes on them. There was a thread last year about people getting fingers stuck in there
Oct 27 2011 10:08AM
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1337
Posts: 31054 - Karma: 29,246
fuck i did that the other day, wish I knew earlier
Oct 27 2011 10:30AM
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X-REY
Posts: 996 - Karma: 387
i was messing with my bro's fks's and got my thumb stuck in the heel. hurt so fucking bad! i lost my goddamn thumbnail
Oct 27 2011 11:23AM
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1337
Posts: 31054 - Karma: 29,246
mine is going to fall off, and yeah, it was soooooo painful. I was running around my house with it stuck to my thumb trying to find some way to get it off. It was a 185 too, at like din 13.
Oct 27 2011 11:35AM
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X-REY
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hahaha same here. i ran to my brother, and instead of pushing down to release it, he was pulling up. hurt so bad
Oct 27 2011 11:45AM
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Blurst
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hahahhahah I can just picture a dude running around his house with this burly ass heal piece hanging off his hand while his family looks at him like he is retarted.
Oct 27 2011 12:05PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
I got my finger stuck in a pair last year while sitting in my office and playing with them on my desk. It fucking hurt!
Oct 27 2011 12:36PM
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Balto
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Oct 27 2011 1:32PM
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c4t_l0ver
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im supprised i didnt get my finger in mine, have them for like 5 months unmounted and looking at them everyone and a while, ahaha
Oct 27 2011 2:08PM
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bibs_skibum
Posts: 4462 - Karma: 449
caught my finger in it when I was messing around on a preseason rail. Sucked real bad
Oct 27 2011 3:12PM
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SteezoSaurus
Posts: 2630 - Karma: 2,668
Good to hear i'm not the only FKS owner who has made that mistake. But yes there should be quite a bit of resistance in that interface especially when there not mounted up. I would worry if there was play there.
Oct 27 2011 3:50PM
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1337
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nou
Oct 27 2011 3:56PM
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tripnip
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 482
i had sooo many problems with them when i first got them. the shop that i got them mounted at did it terribly
Oct 27 2011 6:25PM
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Hike
Posts: 6 - Karma: 10
It's strange that one heel is so stiff and the other heel moves easily. I hope that they mount them right when I go in. I will have to make sure they know how to use the stickers. Karma for all.
Oct 27 2011 6:47PM
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Slizger
Posts: 128 - Karma: 11
Can the same thing happen with a mounted FKS? Iv always just avoided touching the heels just to be safe.
Oct 27 2011 7:42PM
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BWalmer
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It can, it's just much less likely to happen because of how you hold it. Usually your finger gets stuck because you're trying to pop the binding up so you're holding the one part of the heelpiece down while pulling the other up and your finger gets caught in there. I've seen/heard of people getting caught in there other ways, but I've really only heard of it happening with unmounted bindings, but I suppose it could happen after mounting.
Oct 27 2011 7:56PM
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X-REY
Posts: 996 - Karma: 387
my tragedy was with mounted fks's, so it was even harder running around the house trying to find something to get the binding off
Oct 27 2011 8:42PM
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1337
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i can see you looking like twice the idiot i looked like running around your house like i was in mine
Oct 27 2011 8:56PM
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X-REY
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hahaha. worddd
Oct 27 2011 8:58PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Unmounted ones will snap shut like bear traps.
Oct 27 2011 11:31PM
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hollygrove
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the only time i've ever fainted was getting my finger stuck in one. It was crazy, snapped shut, didn't feel any pain but i just stood there looking at finger stuck in something that there was no way a finger should fit into. i managed to pry the damned thing using my cheek and my other face with some kind of super human power and stood there looking at the unreal indent in my finger - i could literally see where my bone was. next thing i knew i woke up on the floor with a chipped tooth, apparently i hit my face on the table on the way down. Moral is, watch out for fucking FKS.
Oct 27 2011 11:37PM
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Slizger
Posts: 128 - Karma: 11
Must resist urge to crush random things with fks heel
Oct 27 2011 11:37PM
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skier_boy26
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Those mounting stickers? That's for do-it-yourself mounting action. Most shops will have an adjustable metal jig for mounting.
Oct 27 2011 11:41PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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hahahah oh my god. thats tragic.
Oct 27 2011 11:44PM
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X-REY
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the pain is just so intense that you cant feel anything when the adrenaline kicks in. my thumb was squeezed so tight that the skin pretty much exploded and left a big flap of skin. and then my whole thumb was spotted red for 3 days, and then the nail turned purple and fell off. this is my story.
Oct 27 2011 11:52PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Thats the second best FKS story I've heard. The best was the one where the kid posted about how he snapped his hand in one, then ran into a supermarket screaming and asking for a screwdriver and everyone thought he was psycho or something.
Oct 28 2011 1:37AM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Here's thread with that story. So ridiculous haha
Oct 28 2011 3:17AM
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Newschool_Pope
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skiing is dangerous... threads for more funny stories.
Oct 28 2011 5:15AM
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TijmenDal
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I was gonna get some Pivots, but not too sure anymore, haha!
Oct 28 2011 8:40AM
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Justo8484
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it's almost like an pivot/FKS initiation ritual. you don't deserve to ski that binding until you've gotten a finger snapped shut in one. it might be the single most painful injury i've sustained from skiing. it hurt worse than collapsing my lung.
Oct 28 2011 9:32AM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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hahahahaha good shit right there! ive always thought about how that could happen.
Oct 28 2011 1:40PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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missing a link are you? I want to read it haha.
Oct 28 2011 1:54PM
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I_Am_Mod
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oh god this thread is hilarious !
:)

i'm happy i have this information now ....

Oct 28 2011 2:03PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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I guy I worked with caught his thumb once.  He was tuning a pair of his DH skis at the end of his shift.  As he was closing the heel to check his forward pressure, his thumb got caught between his boot and the heel piece, and locked in.  DIN was set at 15, and the ski was camped in the vise.  It was his right hand, and the release for the vise was three feet to his right, so he couldn't get the ski out.  He was the only one in the shop, and it was 2am.

He was stuck there all night until someone came in to work in the morning.
Oct 28 2011 3:07PM
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X-REY
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ski shop horror stories
Oct 28 2011 3:59PM
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1337
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holy.fuck.
Oct 28 2011 9:37PM
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RudyGarmisch
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This is goddamned hilarious.
Oct 29 2011 3:33PM
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hollygrove
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We should compile a book of all the FKS horrors.
Oct 29 2011 3:52PM
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Bumblesteeze
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That's why we zip-tied them at the shop.
Oct 29 2011 4:17PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
hahaha my bad https://newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/596294/
Oct 29 2011 5:57PM
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