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BLandzThis is my hometown shop too. I know 6 different ppl that they fucked up their mounts and its become a major safety concern. Does anybody know if shops need to be certified or something in order to do ski mount's and if so im going to contact them and report my local shop. Enough is enough
KoshermilkYes all shop techs are required to be certified in order to even think of mounting or adjusting customers bindings so they fucked up
mystery3DIY mounts...it's easy, fun and while time consuming you need very little to get started all of which could probably be had for the price of one mount at a ski shop.
clindblomskiernever paid for a mount, a drill bit is $18 and patience and precision is free. The paper templates you can find online are amazing, never had a single issue with a diy mount I've done (drilled ~20 skis over the past 4 years).
all these threads about shops fucking up mounts will have me continuing to do my own work
clindblomskiernever paid for a mount, a drill bit is $18 and patience and precision is free. The paper templates you can find online are amazing, never had a single issue with a diy mount I've done (drilled ~20 skis over the past 4 years).
all these threads about shops fucking up mounts will have me continuing to do my own work
BurritoCan't speak to their mounting capabilities, but this is almost guaranteed to be fuck up on the part of Look's factory, not by the shop. No shop is opening up every single binding box they received to make sure the were assembled with the right screws because 9,999 times out of 10,000 they are. It's just bad luck. It happens.
**This post was edited on Nov 14th 2022 at 5:42:38pm
mystery3DIY mounts...it's easy, fun and while time consuming you need very little to get started all of which could probably be had for the price of one mount at a ski shop.
tdolloShops have screws laying around so he probably dropped the proper screws and used some random ones
BurritoEven that I doubt. Screws are partially inserted/screwed in during factory assembly, and the bindings are boxed, shipped to shops, and rarely even opened before they’re sold with the exception of a quick flip of the lid to make sure the binding inside matches the name on the box, UPC, etc. Salespeople and techs are not pulling out bindings, fiddling with them, unscrewing their screws, and putting them back in their boxes just for funsies. Yes, it’s technically possible a dumb salesperson or tech lost some screws and put the wrong ones back in, but it’s infinitely more likely the factory simply installed the wrong screws in the first place.
BurritoEven that I doubt. Screws are partially inserted/screwed in during factory assembly, and the bindings are boxed, shipped to shops, and rarely even opened before they’re sold with the exception of a quick flip of the lid to make sure the binding inside matches the name on the box, UPC, etc. Salespeople and techs are not pulling out bindings, fiddling with them, unscrewing their screws, and putting them back in their boxes just for funsies. Yes, it’s technically possible a dumb salesperson or tech lost some screws and put the wrong ones back in, but it’s infinitely more likely the factory simply installed the wrong screws in the first place.
