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Bent Brake???

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adamwhit8
Posts: 444 - Karma: 11
So in the park today i guess i bent one of my marker griffons brakes? it catches on the snow and stuff when i carve. how should i go about fixing this?
Jan 7 2012 5:41PM
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tripnip
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 482
bend it back?
Jan 7 2012 5:45PM
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mountainviper
Posts: 1931 - Karma: -3
^this. It won't be as strong as new but it'll hold up for a while....until ya bend it again that is.
Jan 7 2012 5:47PM
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adamwhit8
Posts: 444 - Karma: 11
using what though? like im usin my hand and its not strong enough
Jan 7 2012 5:57PM
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stickerman
Posts: 2043 - Karma: 147
Use a vice and a pipe.
Jan 7 2012 6:10PM
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Asterisk
Posts: 954 - Karma: 199
Happens to me once a day. I usually just bend it back right there but sometimes it's too cold. Try just taking some pliers to it and pry it back. I had to do that a couple times too.. Fuck Marker
Jan 7 2012 6:17PM
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NoCoastSkier
Posts: 1038 - Karma: 626
1:bend break
2:get angry
3:take pole strap put around tip of bent break
4: pull up with pole
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6:profit
Jan 7 2012 6:22PM
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TNORTS
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 2,761
bend that fucker with your hands like a man
Jan 7 2012 6:26PM
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Motes
Posts: 1840 - Karma: 90

this

shit happends to my griffons all the time

Jan 7 2012 6:39PM
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FerrisBueller
Posts: 8280 - Karma: 5,173
clip into said ski with boot on,
get cut pole (metal rod with hole in end)
penetrate the cut pole in the hole with the currently bent brake
use cut pole to lift up (to get more leverage easiy re-bending the brake.)
Jan 7 2012 6:51PM
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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 467
I did this a couple days ago, works so well!
Jan 7 2012 10:59PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,664
yup. had a bent ski today at the hill after i bit it on a misty 5. warmed my skis up in the lodge so the brake didn't snap from being cold, went over to the rental shop and got half of a ski pole, and fixed it in two minutes.
Jan 7 2012 11:01PM
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niskyallstar
Posts: 114 - Karma: 233
So I bent my brake but don't have a ski Pole what else can work
Jan 14 2012 8:07AM
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roddy116
Posts: 10635 - Karma: 7,506
i stepped on my brake one time and it kinda worked but in the end you need a pole like things or some pliers.
Jan 14 2012 12:13PM
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