 Poster: A snowHead
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My pair of Atomic LiveFit 100 boots have a disk with an eccentric cam used to adjust the cuff angle. It is turned using a little two pronged tool supplied with the boots.
Can be seen in this image: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uemhHqvoPg8/maxresdefault.jpg
The disks are are designed to remain in position due to friction and are pretty stiff to turn. However over a day's skiing they do tend to move a little and can end up being half a turn out - i.e. completely the wrong way! With one wonky leg this makes a difference to my skiing.
Any bright ideas on how to keep them in the correct position as I can't keep adjusting them on the hill?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bit of loctite around the outside edge?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@kerb, just a thought, but if your boot cuff is constantly adjusting itself perhaps it is finding the natural alignment of your lower leg?
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| Themasterpiece wrote: |
| Bit of loctite around the outside edge? |
Think the friction that holds it in place is between the metal disk and the plastic upper shell and suspect locite may be bad idea on the plastic. But gives me an idea of maybe trying some thin superglue on it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| @kerb, just a thought, but if your boot cuff is constantly adjusting itself perhaps it is finding the natural alignment of your lower leg? |
You are almost certainly correct, but without the adjustment my left ski is naturally tipped a good few degrees onto its outside edge whereas right is pretty flat. On right turns I find the downhill (left) ski more difficult to get the edge engaged, and the opposite on left turns when the left ski is uphill.
Obviously becoming a better skier would help significantly, but having equipment that gives me equal angles for left and right turns does make life easier!
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@kerb, my understanding (although happy to be put right) is that the cuff adjustment on boots is there to accommodate lower leg alignment rather than correct it. If your biomechanics mean that your skis don't run flat when you stand in your neutral stance you should probably correct it elsewhere in your boot/binding interface (shimming bindings or planning your boots soles, for example).
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| @kerb, my understanding (although happy to be put right) is that the cuff adjustment on boots is there to accommodate lower leg alignment rather than correct it. If your biomechanics mean that your skis don't run flat when you stand in your neutral stance you should probably correct it elsewhere in your boot/binding interface (shimming bindings or planning your boots soles, for example). |
Thanks Rob, guess I could go down that route, but would need to make the effort to find a suitable professional. Whereas the cuff adjustment gives me a nice flat ski and comfortable boot with just a quick turn of the disk - if only I could get it to stick!
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| @kerb, my understanding (although happy to be put right) is that the cuff adjustment on boots is there to accommodate lower leg alignment rather than correct it. If your biomechanics mean that your skis don't run flat when you stand in your neutral stance you should probably correct it elsewhere in your boot/binding interface (shimming bindings or planning your boots soles, for example). |
100% correct
to stop it moving (as it is designed to find a neutral position) you could try loctite (unlikely to be very successful) or have a shop with a rivet press squash the rivet just a little tighter, but back to point 1 it IS DESIGNED TO FIND A NEUTRAL POSITION and you want it in a different position it might be tough to get it to stay
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I had this issue and if it works itself significantly loose it eventually would fall out, which would be a proper pain in the backside on the mountain.
All you need is a decent bolt (the originals can be soft pap metal which strips the thread very easily) and threadlock. You may need to replace the nut on the inside too. Get proper threadlock and it will stay where it is put, check it before each week of skiing but mine has not moved since being sorted.
You could glue the disc in place, but shouldn't be necessary.
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