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Pivots and Brakes...

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Park.
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Fucked up my brakes real bad eating shit on some rail shit. the brake bent toward the front and then got bent up to my knee (so it literally got bent 180 degrees and was pointing to the tip of my ski instead of the tail).

This caused the little slot where the brake fits into the stomp pad to slide out, cuasing my brake to detach from the stompp pad (without braking, just like the brake arm is so bent it isnt staying in the engineered slot in the binding and wobbling around), which caused the spring to somehow pop out of the little slot for it UNDER the stomp pad, and is now over the stomp pad, or the stomp pad is chilling under the little spring, and every time i clip in, I sandwich the spring between my boot and the stomp pad.

Ill post pictures when I can, but I went to a shop and they said bend that shit a ton and on your own, or get new heelpiece because sthat looks unfixablle to me.
Jan 17 2016 8:51AM
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Shoey-Ski
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My friend just had the same thing happen, we bent the brake back to where he could still ski it for a quick fix, but he's going to a shop to get them to bend it back right, fks/pivot plates are pretty pricey so I would try your best to bend it back before you buy a new one
Jan 17 2016 10:00AM
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Dddsz
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Just had this happen on Thursday. Did a stupid little 180 off a roller, caught my inside edge and my ski just started skidding backwards down the hill.

Had to ski down on one ski and it took about an hour of just cranking on them to bend them back. I think they are pretty normal now. Just hope they don't snap and pull on them as hard as you can.
Jan 17 2016 10:26AM
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freeski1620
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Though your description is a bit confusing it sounds as though you blew the brake up pretty darn good. If it was me I would do 1 of 2 things.

1: Purchase and install a new baseplate for $40. This gets you a new brake, forward pressure spring and Half moon. If you need one let me know. we have plenty here at the shop and are very able to ship them.

2: Assuming the half moon behind what you're calling the stomp pad (we like to call that an AFD or anti friction device) is still intact break that break out of the baseplate all the way and ride that shit. The Half moon sets the height just fine assuming you're not using a boot with a super worn out heel.

If it was me I'd go with number 1. thats a real fix. Number 2 is a temporary way of solving your problem and certainly much sketchier since your ski will no longer have a brake.
Jan 18 2016 3:19PM
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Park.
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freeski1620Though your description is a bit confusing it sounds as though you blew the brake up pretty darn good. If it was me I would do 1 of 2 things.

1: Purchase and install a new baseplate for $40. This gets you a new brake, forward pressure spring and Half moon. If you need one let me know. we have plenty here at the shop and are very able to ship them.

2: Assuming the half moon behind what you're calling the stomp pad (we like to call that an AFD or anti friction device) is still intact break that break out of the baseplate all the way and ride that shit. The Half moon sets the height just fine assuming you're not using a boot with a super worn out heel.

If it was me I'd go with number 1. thats a real fix. Number 2 is a temporary way of solving your problem and certainly much sketchier since your ski will no longer have a brake.


http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/78/43/16/784316.jpeg I have lost the ability to post pictures for whatever reason, but in this picture, there are two prongs coming out of the AFD, that are the same pieces of metal that make the brakes (since there isnt any material for the boot to slide on, I didnt think it still counted as an AFD). The brake is so fucked, that the prong is no longer attached under the afd. It is just a jiggly piece of metal.

The actual brake arm was bent 180 degrees to face the tips of my ski, then somehow got bent 90 degrees up pointing my knee, so even though the brake isnt solidly attached to any part of the binding, it doesnt drag on the snow.

So, Should I just brake the arm off? I was thinking that bending it could work, but the slot under the AFD where the prong goes is probably not going to work now that the spring is over the AFD.
Jan 19 2016 10:13PM
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bait
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Bend them back. If It breaks in the process, then grind it down, crank your dins up, and dont crash.
Jan 19 2016 10:23PM
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freeski1620
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parkplaygroundhttp://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/78/43/16/784316.jpeg I have lost the ability to post pictures for whatever reason, but in this picture, there are two prongs coming out of the AFD, that are the same pieces of metal that make the brakes (since there isnt any material for the boot to slide on, I didnt think it still counted as an AFD). The brake is so fucked, that the prong is no longer attached under the afd. It is just a jiggly piece of metal.

The actual brake arm was bent 180 degrees to face the tips of my ski, then somehow got bent 90 degrees up pointing my knee, so even though the brake isnt solidly attached to any part of the binding, it doesnt drag on the snow.

So, Should I just brake the arm off? I was thinking that bending it could work, but the slot under the AFD where the prong goes is probably not going to work now that the spring is over the AFD.


Is that what the heel piece looks like currently? looks like all youre missing there is a half moon and screws.
Jan 22 2016 9:43PM
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Park.
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freeski1620Is that what the heel piece looks like currently? looks like all youre missing there is a half moon and screws.

I wish. thats a random picture I dug up from google images. My brake is fuccked and definitely does not look like that
Jan 22 2016 10:29PM
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freeski1620
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parkplaygroundI wish. thats a random picture I dug up from google images. My brake is fuccked and definitely does not look like that


I would just replace the baseplate man. its worth the cost.
Jan 23 2016 4:16PM
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Park.
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freeski1620I would just replace the baseplate man. its worth the cost.


I sawed off the brake so It woudlnt catch and I will replace it when I can
Jan 24 2016 12:14AM
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