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Brakes catching on ski?

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J_Nyk22
Posts: 16 - Karma: 73
I have 96 mm wide skis and my shop mounted 95 mm look pivots. They always seem to catch on the sidewall, should I just bend them? It’s weird, because they just kinda stop halfway up the sidewall and when I don’t notice it makes the ski slide around alot
Mar 10 2020 12:53AM
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donkey.dick
Posts: 1 - Karma: 11
normally there’s some flexibility with break width, it’s okay for it to be a few mm narrower than the width of the ski
Mar 10 2020 1:01AM
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cndr
Posts: 158 - Karma: 848
Bending them a tad to clear shouldn't affect anything. Just yank on em.
Mar 10 2020 2:02AM
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k_tivnan
Posts: 84 - Karma: 463
I would go and bend them. Had the same issue with a pair of 97 underfoot and if ya don’t fix em, they shoot off like a missile.
Mar 10 2020 7:33AM
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SofaKingSick
Posts: 9267 - Karma: 60,727
yeah just pull them out a little bit. use a broken pole to do it, ideally
Mar 10 2020 10:35AM
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IdahoSpud_
Posts: 70 - Karma: 155
bending them a tiny bit wont hurt anything, although if its that close, you may be able to use a Dremel or file to grind the plastic nubs on the end of the break, which might be all u need.
Mar 12 2020 10:45PM
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