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How far can you bend brakes?
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I know this isnt ideal, but here's the situation; tell me if it's even possible. I have a beater pair of pow skis that I need to take the bindings off of. The only other loose pair of bindings I have are old look pivot 12s. I don't want to buy new bindings if I don't have to because these are beater skis that wont get used much. The old look pivots have 80mm brakes (I think) and (as far as I know) they dont sell that old of brakes anywhere. Could they be bent to fit 110mm? Again, I know this isnt ideal at all but I figure barely touching snow upon release is still much better than no brakes at all. If it really isn't going to work, obviously I will buy new bindings, because riding with no brakes is a no-no. Hopefully someone can speak from personal experience.
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I think 80mm to 110mm might be a stretch. If you could bend them that far I don't think there would be enough brake to actually stop the ski. It might be worth trying if you dont care about the bindings tho. I recently put 110mm on 125mm skis and that was a major bitch to bend them.
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I've bent FKS brakes from 75 to 122mm, so you should be fine.
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What he said, you can bend brakes to whatever the hell you want. If you feel there isn't enough brake, toss some leashes on.
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Sweet. That's kind of what I figured. Did you guys heat it and use a vice? I've seen a friend do fks brakes, but the pivot break is designed differently and doesnt leave much for a vice to grab. I have an extra brake so I figured I'll just man-handle it til it fits
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they will certainly bend that far but pivot brakes are some of the toughest to bend since there's not much area to grab with a vise and the metal is often very thick and brittle so they snap easily
i would use caution
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^good to know. I'll try it with the spare brake before I mount, and if I can't get it to work then I'll just buck up for a new binding.
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sometimes a good method for grabbing a thin area is using vise grips and then clamping those into your vise before bending. i've done it a few times but it can be sort of hit or miss
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we'll see how it goes. ill try to remember to report back to let everyone know how it went or what did/didnt work
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