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GUIDE TO FIX YOUR MARKER DUKE/BARON LOCKING MECHANISM

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shin-bang
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so basically everyone told me to take my broken barons to a shop or email marker . i decided to take things into my own hands and did it myself. ive heard of people having the same problem. so id just like to put out a way to fix it yourself. since ns wont let me post my pictures for some reason, i just made a thread on tgr about it. check it out if you want

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/278755-guide-to-fix-your-marker-duke-baron-locking-mechanismalright
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Jul 19 2014 9:07PM
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tomPietrowski
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Oh so they were not broken then? Have you tried any stress tests in them yet?
Jul 19 2014 9:09PM
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shin-bang
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yes they basically work like new now, ive tried them and everything. that little metal piece just got bent and i thought it would be easier to take the binding off and then bend it. but luckily it turned out
Jul 19 2014 9:13PM
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Pipe_Munky
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Well done!
I've been using this method for the past few years to repair wonky ski/tour levers on the Marker Duke/Baron for shops across Canada.

The best advice to avoid bending the connecting piece in the first place is to make sure you clear any and all ice from the tracks of the binding before trying to put it back into "alpine mode". Like anything else, don't force it!
Jul 22 2014 10:44AM
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geist
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just got my barons back from marker for repair of that exact piece after it snapped leaving me to walk over a glacier with a metre of fresh on top for 4 hours for what should have taken about 15minutes.
Jul 22 2014 1:20PM
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