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FKS Binding Broken HELP!

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K-Dot.
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Okay so I bought a pair of used FKS in prime condition off of ebay and traded baseplates with a guy on NS for a skinnier brake for park skis. Got them mounted up at a shop, skied three days of park on them and yesterday just filmed all day while riding them. When I take them off, a piece feels lose and sure enough the heel plate broke.

I figured it was a minor inconvenience and picked up some gorilla glue to put it back into place. When I went to glue it, it didn't fit back into place, as the screw was preventing it. Did the screws shift and break it off? Was it the shops fault for mounting the screws crooked? I've used FKS's before and railed on them pretty hard and have never had this issues, especially after a few days of light park riding.

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Basically the long and short is this:
-Shop mounted them
-They broke when they shouldn't have
-Not fixable on my own

Should I go back to the shop and see what they think? And if I do, should I expect to pay anything?
Nov 25 2015 12:00AM
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ErinCarpenter
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I'd take them back to the shop and see what they think. I snapped my FKS 140 brakes last season and ended up getting it fixed for free. You never know how generous shops can be.
Nov 25 2015 1:15AM
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freddy.allport
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FKS brakes are notoriously bad for snapping the whole binding when your din is too low and you land switch (Binding starts to release, brakes catch, your weight pushes against it snapping everything). You can see if the shop can help you but don't expect anything for free, thats just the nature of that binding. I work at a ski shop as a sales guy but due to experience am one of the only guys who actually knows the intricate tricks of jerry rigging/ re installing springs and brakes on an FKS so not all shops may know how to do it. Post some more pics, I may be able to explain in the thread but depends what is actually broken.
Nov 25 2015 11:15AM
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K-Dot.
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freddy.allportFKS brakes are notoriously bad for snapping the whole binding when your din is too low and you land switch (Binding starts to release, brakes catch, your weight pushes against it snapping everything). You can see if the shop can help you but don't expect anything for free, thats just the nature of that binding. I work at a ski shop as a sales guy but due to experience am one of the only guys who actually knows the intricate tricks of jerry rigging/ re installing springs and brakes on an FKS so not all shops may know how to do it. Post some more pics, I may be able to explain in the thread but depends what is actually broken.


It's just that plate that's broken, nothing else. I never even released the whole weekend either, but besides that the brake getting caught on the snow would have no real effect on it anyways. Nothing as far as springs or brakes go are broken, the binding still works completely fine. Just that plate somehow broke off and I can't figure it out for the life of me how it could besides mismounted screws. I can post more pics but I can't really show more than what I posted already
Nov 25 2015 11:22AM
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K-Dot.
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Let me reemphasize though.

I NEVER RELEASED FROM THESE BINDINGS ONCE IN MY THREE DAYS OF SKIING.

I weigh 135 and these should not be breaking on a small person like me after some average riding.
Nov 25 2015 11:29AM
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KyleA
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The half moons break all the time. Under the back screws in your heel piece will be two squares that were once attached to that plate with clearance holes for the screws. Just take it to a shop and ask for a new one. It's not their fault at all. I would not recommend skiing on them before replacing it though. It doesn't seem like a terribly critical component of the binding, but you will definitely have some unwanted pre-releases without it.
Nov 25 2015 11:52AM
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Park.
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Last season, I broke probably 4-6 of those half moon plates. I gave up replacing them after the last one and skied with a missing one on one ski, and one that is a quarter moon piece on the other ski for the last half of the season if I remember right. I haven't noticed any problems with out them and if anything, you could make the argument that the bindings are lighter ( like it matters)
Nov 25 2015 2:14PM
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Defreeski
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My plate broke last year. Not like that but on the bottom part of the plate the metal actually snapped in half where the screw went in. Not sure how old they are but I just warrantied them and they gave me a new plate.

I would just call Rossi or Look and see how much it is for that piece. Can't imagine it would be more the $10.. Would just have to take those screws out and re drill them

But I wondered, does that plate even really do much..?
Nov 25 2015 2:41PM
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K-Dot.
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Thanks for the responses guys, I appreciate it
Nov 25 2015 2:47PM
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K-Dot.
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Took it to the shop, replaced it for $15. All is well
Nov 25 2015 4:01PM
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Park.
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K-Dot.Took it to the shop, replaced it for $15. All is well


Ouch. I got all of mine replaced for free... also are those surfaces that are red and black that khai rocked last season? I think it was last season at least
Nov 25 2015 5:28PM
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K-Dot.
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parkplaygroundOuch. I got all of mine replaced for free... also are those surfaces that are red and black that khai rocked last season? I think it was last season at least


Yeah oh well though, at least it was taken care of. Yeah, they're the auburns, I bought them brand new off of Khai for a hundred bucks. Super fun skis from the few days I've spent on them
Nov 25 2015 10:03PM
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