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What's safer to mount?

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damianpajor
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Currently have some griffons on my halos that are mounted dead center for a 30.0 size boot. I broke the heel piece on one of them and am looking to either invest in fks 155s or sth 14 drivers, both have different drill holes then the griffons but I still want them to be mounted dead center. So my question is which one is the safer mount?
May 19 2013 7:55PM
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Blake.P
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You won't safely be able to do either at true center. You will either have to get griffins or go back a bit
May 19 2013 11:35PM
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No.Quarter
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Just wondering, did you get you boots fitted? because a 30.0 is huge

anyways, you might be able to get away with it since pivots have such a short mounting pattern. also, marker's screw hols are pretty far forward. A surprisingly helpful tool is to compare where the bolts are on mfd alltimes from the top view, it gives you a pretty good idea of where they are in relation to each other

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And if worst comes to worst, you will have to mount a non symmetrical ski where it was intended to be mounted.
May 20 2013 12:00AM
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Pikachu.
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i wear a 32.0 haha. size 14shoes
May 20 2013 1:03AM
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LC.
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Both will be tricky, about 8mm back for the STH or 20mm back for the FKS is your only option, both with the heel mounted too short and track adjusted. You'll need a good shop guy either way.

Better to just put Griffons/Jesters/Pros in the old holes.
May 20 2013 4:31AM
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tomPietrowski
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Yep as has been said its not going to be easy. The flat heels would be fine but your going to struggle with the toe. I would also recommend unless you are sure you need size 30 boots, go get measured up, you may find you can get in a smaller boot and keep the centre mount. For reference my shop did about 500 boots last year and only 3 were size 30.
May 20 2013 7:05AM
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OGoriginal-gaper
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fks have a shorter mounting position then griffons so they might work. what i would do is get a paper template and line it up and see if they fit. then ask your shop if they will mount them or do it your self. hope this helps somewhat.
May 20 2013 7:16AM
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zahava
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Get some jesters or j-pro's depending on your DIN and put those in the old holes... Way easier than trying to remount a new binding in the same place.... I've skied on fks and the new jesters and they both felt really good, I like the release on fks better, but marker still makes a great binding....
May 20 2013 9:24AM
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damianpajor
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Thanks to everybody, definitely helped out a lot!!
May 20 2013 5:26PM
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May 27 2013 6:24PM
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rozboon
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I went from Jesters to FKS180s...

The toepiece fitted damn near into the exact same holes, or at least 2 of the screws did. No issues there.

And the heel was miles in front of the Jester track. I had both mounted at center with the same boot and it was all gravy. I'll have a look at the skis when I get home tonight as they have no bindings on them now so the holes are pretty obvious.

May 28 2013 1:49AM
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rozboon
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Double post, but I just printed off paper templates for FKS and Jester and the rear 2 holes of the toepiece are absolutely identical, the front 2 on the FKS are wider and further forward, the spacing is 12mm from the hole centres which is OK.

The heelpiece is miles in front of the Jester track so no issues there.

May 28 2013 1:57AM
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Naptown
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I wear a size 13-14 and I wear a 30.5 boot
May 29 2013 11:31AM
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Casey
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Youre probly going to have to compare the screw patterns in real life to get the very best layout possible.
May 29 2013 6:17PM
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