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fks/pivot brakes are wider than the box width, they'll fit up to about 85mm with minimal/no bending. Bending them out to fit around a 95mm ski is possible without the brake being too short though.
Here are two videos that should help (first vid is on Markers but same idea). If you want it to come out nicely you'll have to take the heel assembly apart which the second shows.
Def don't recommend this with pivots. Other brakes have a lot softer metal but pivots seem pretty tough. Pop them out and throw them in a vice. Throw a breaker bar/pipe on them to straighten them out and then re-bend to the desired width.
BLandzDoes anyone have a method for bending large brakes smaller? I heard its more difficult. I have a couple ideas but id rather not break my brakes
**This post was edited on Sep 13th 2023 at 10:16:25am
i mean i haven’t tried it but you could take the pivot heel apart, bend the brake arms straight and then measure the width and bend them back. could be a bit long though and leave a curved bit in the brake as it’s not super easy to get them perfect.
