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broken ski bindings help please
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Firstly I'm a snowboarder so I have no clue about skis Today my friend was out for his first days skiing of the year. He was using a set of skis just bought second hand. Well of course things went wrong. We adjusted the bindings to fit his boot. However during the day the back of one binding separated from the rest of the ski. There was a little tab that you lifted that allowed you to move the bindings back and it seems one of them came loose and separated. To make things worse one of the small parts has gone missing. (the tab)

So in the shop they first told us that the whole back section of the binding would have to be replaced (30 Euro) and secondly that the bindings were too small for the binding.

So if we have to adjust the bindings do new holes have to be drilled?
Does the whole back section have to be replaced?
Is it worth taking it to a shope to get it done as presumable this owuld cost 50+Ero for a set of skis worth 120E !!
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

This happened to my daughter last year when the rear binding parted company with the ski and fell apart. I managed to collect all the parts and she skied back to the hotel (from the top of 74 to Peissy) on one foot! It wasn't possible to re-assemble the binding. It turns out the bindings were too small for her new boots and had run out of adjustment and weren't properly engaged. The local shop redrilled the skis and supplied half a binding for 20 euros. Sounds like the same thing.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Diarmuid, I agree with Marvel that's what it sounds like. I've already PM'd you a good shop where they should help. However if you've lost one of the bits, they probably will have to replace the rear part of the binding. It's worth doing it right 'cos a broken leg/ACL tear will be a lot worse!
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What make were the bindings?
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Unfortunately bindings that work aren't cheap - you'd be hard pushed to get a decent new pair of bindings under E 120 so you might just have to suck it up. Sounds like they were crappy rental bindings anyway unless they were a rail-fit system thet some manufacturers adopt.
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