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STH2 13 toe height adjustment

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DrZoidberg
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So I just got these mounted, STH2 13s on Magnuses or whatever we're going to call them. My soles/DIN bits on the boot and whatever are perfect. They're like one season old boots with no damage to those areas. The boot has a ton of up and down movement in the toe. So I'd imagine the completely failed on the height adjustment, with way more than the .5mm gap between the afd than there should be. I put in a photo and video. It was hard to hold the camera still while rocking back and forth, but you can see the movement. Forward pressure and wings seem to be correct but I'll have to make sure. They have them so the little anti friction wheels are just touching the boot.




https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/883225/IMG-5404-MOV?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=alerts

For obvious reasons I don't trust this shop fully, so I'm not bringing them back there. I've adjusted it to the point where there's no up and down movement, but also so they're not squished against the afd. I'll have to make or acquire the .5mm tool to check afd clearance. Does anybody have any tips for this, though? I could bring them to another shop but I don't exactly trust them either, and I don't exactly live in a ski town so it's not like there's an abundance of shops. I trust myself more than them.

I found the 14/15 tech manual from salomon with a quick googling, but later versions seem harder to find. It's unclear if they want the wheels in the wings or the actual wings to touch the boot, since they don't draw the wheels in the diagrams.

TLDR: should there be any up and down movement in the toepiece whatsoever? I'm thinking no.
**This thread was edited on Nov 25th 2017 at 12:24:41pm

**This thread was edited on Nov 25th 2017 at 12:35:02pm
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Session
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Stick a business card in between the sole and AFD. You should just be able to pull it out with some resistance. If it slides in an out with no friction it is too loose, if you have to put effort in to pulling the card out, then it's too tight.
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onenerdykid
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DrZoidbergTLDR: should there be any up and down movement in the toepiece whatsoever? I'm thinking no.


With the 0.5mm gap between the binding AFD and the boot AFD, you will have some noticeable play, but not super sloppy. 0.5mm doesn't sound like a lot, but it is for sure noticeable.
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DrZoidberg
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SessionStick a business card in between the sole and AFD. You should just be able to pull it out with some resistance. If it slides in an out with no friction it is too loose, if you have to put effort in to pulling the card out, then it's too tight.


Got a chance to play with them. I found an object that's .5mm so i used that and the height is set correctly. Now the question is with the wings. The service manual says tighten until the wings just touch the boot, but is that the actual wing or the small wheels in the wing? They don't even draw or mention the wheels. I have them so there's no side to side movement of the boot, but not any tighter.

onenerdykidWith the 0.5mm gap between the binding AFD and the boot AFD, you will have some noticeable play, but not super sloppy. 0.5mm doesn't sound like a lot, but it is for sure noticeable.
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-SnowSnoli-
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Wheels to the boot
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poofartpee
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SessionStick a business card in between the sole and AFD. You should just be able to pull it out with some resistance. If it slides in an out with no friction it is too loose, if you have to put effort in to pulling the card out, then it's too tight.


This!
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poofartpee
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DrZoidbergGot a chance to play with them. I found an object that's .5mm so i used that and the height is set correctly. Now the question is with the wings. The service manual says tighten until the wings just touch the boot, but is that the actual wing or the small wheels in the wing? They don't even draw or mention the wheels. I have them so there's no side to side movement of the boot, but not any tighter.


They mean the ends of the wings (I havent seen a STH2 13 but i assume the wheels are on the end)
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chicken
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if they forgot to do the toe height they probably also forgot to check the wings. back them off until they are not touching the boot and then retighten them to the correct position.
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