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Where can I get fks brakes?????

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Mc_Cals
Posts: 141 - Karma: 70
One of my brakes is broken and I just want to replace that one. I "Legally can't get one" from rossi. Any ideas?
Oct 31 2011 1:47PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
You have to either:

pay out the ass to ship them to Rossi, have then replace it, and ship it back, and then re-attach them to your skis, or you can try and find a used one somewhere and probably have to bend them, which might break them.


This is why I don't have FKS bindings... They could just as easily put the damn brake on the toe like they used to.
Oct 31 2011 1:53PM
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Mc_Cals
Posts: 141 - Karma: 70
Yeah I'm trying to get a used one. It's proving harder than I thought.
Oct 31 2011 1:54PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
try selling the bindings, and getting some that aren't FKS.
Oct 31 2011 1:55PM
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Mc_Cals
Posts: 141 - Karma: 70
I just bought them...
Oct 31 2011 1:57PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
Did you buy them with the broken brakes? Try TGR. You might have a better chance of finding them there, but they aren't nice. Just to warn you.
Oct 31 2011 1:59PM
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Posts: 2566 - Karma: 1,026
I was lucky enough to find an old pair of fks out of a dumpster at the ski swap. they're like 80's era but the brakes look the same so I'm going to try it out.
Oct 31 2011 2:00PM
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tinkytwinky
Posts: 2451 - Karma: 1,571
i've found tgr super helpful in the past, just don't tell them you're from NS and don't be a douche.
Oct 31 2011 2:14PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
Telling "the mags" you are an NS'er is like telling your fundamentalist Muslim parents your a gay atheist. You just shouldn't...
Oct 31 2011 3:16PM
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cobra_commander
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I have some.

I stockpile them, and other turntable/look parts. The secret is to find older bindings on ebay or craigs list. You can get them pretty darn cheap. The heel piece has not really changed in 30+ years. That includes the brakes.
Oct 31 2011 3:26PM
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ESK
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Ha ha, so true.
Oct 31 2011 6:24PM
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YooperSteeze
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Hey! I'll give you a brake that I can bend to whatever you need plus every bart from a heelpiece that is replaceable all for $25 shipped wherever in the us. PM me!
Oct 31 2011 8:15PM
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cobra_commander
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Even the most hard core of mags have NS and epic ski accounts...
Oct 31 2011 8:37PM
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Kreech
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haha but they'll never admit it
Oct 31 2011 8:49PM
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DHogg
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Worst thing about FKS. Don't know why they can;t at least supply shops with brakes and have certified techs swap them out for you.
Nov 1 2011 4:32AM
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Mc_Cals
Posts: 141 - Karma: 70
word.
Nov 1 2011 9:01AM
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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
bump for tgr thread find http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/24647-P18-Wide-Brakes-Tutorial-%28with-pictures!%29 , my fks brakes are bent up from rails but imma try fix em.
Metal rod is easy to get, as a last resort you could bend out the securing plate, pull the brake rod out, bend a new one and stuff it in, and somehow deal with the plastic piece missing.. or use a brake off a random binding
Dec 20 2011 2:01AM
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