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Am I going to destroy my knees?

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verynormalguy
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I have an old pair of Look PX race bindings mounted to an old pair of skis. The PX was designed to work with an alpine sole. I recently got gripwalk boots and do not want to remount this particular ski with GW bindings as it has been drilled many a time already.

When I put this gripwalk boot in this binding, I can still fit a business card in between the AFD and the soles, with a little friction. As I understand it, this is how you check toe height on bindings with an adjustable toe height.

if the gap appears right, even though it’s technically a gripwalk boot and an alpine binding, am I safe to use it? Or is this a dumb idea and am I going to destroy my knees?

Ski tech jabronis please advise
Nov 2 2022 3:28PM
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tdollo
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The binding won't perform safely or consistency if you use a GripWalk iso23223 sole on an Alpine binding. You could probably find a replacement AFD that's gripwalk compatible; you don't need to fully remount.
I personally would not risk it, but its your call my dude
Nov 2 2022 4:12PM
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jompcock
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PX toe pieces have the same mount holes as the pivot toe, just a different heel. Find some more modern toes that either come with gripwalk afd's or are compatible with them.
Nov 2 2022 5:51PM
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B3n
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If they have the look pivot 15 or 18 toe piece you should be able to buy a different AFD for your boot from CAST.

https://casttouring.com/products/freetour-afd?variant=39368883863629
Nov 2 2022 6:00PM
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verynormalguy
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Unfortunately the PX predates gripwalk, so they only offered it with alpine AFDs.
tdolloThe binding won't perform safely or consistency if you use a GripWalk iso23223 sole on an Alpine binding. You could probably find a replacement AFD that's gripwalk compatible; you don't need to fully remount.
I personally would not risk it, but its your call my dude
Nov 2 2022 6:21PM
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verynormalguy
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I’ll give this a try, I was not aware they had the same mounting pattern on the toes
jompcockPX toe pieces have the same mount holes as the pivot toe, just a different heel. Find some more modern toes that either come with gripwalk afd's or are compatible with them.
Nov 2 2022 6:37PM
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Non_State_Actor
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What boot? You may be able to find alpine soles for the boots?
Nov 2 2022 7:14PM
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