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Quiver Killer removal & plugging

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This may be of use to anyone planning to remove QK inserts - I had some QKs which were redundant (bindings changed), but wanted to continue using the skis with the other bindings.

The perceived wisdom is to heat the inserts with a soldering iron to soften to epoxy then back them out, so I started off by screwing in an M5 bolt plus locknuts and heating this with a gas soldering-iron (using the mini blow-torch fitting) - this worked fine, but the amount of heat required was a bit hit and miss and I could see the top-sheet starting to bubble a bit.

I then found that without heat, by carefully & slowly tightening the bolt and locknut with separate spanners, you could feel the point the epoxy failed (without actually screwing the QK in any further and damaging the threads) - at this point the QK backed out easily.

I wanted to plug the holes using an insert with the same threads as the QK, so found these 1/4in x 5/16-18UNC allen socket grub screws on eBay (for 10p each) which I've glued back into the original QK holes

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Watch for lot of rust on those.

Perhaps nylon would be better:
https://www.mcmaster.com/94735a791
https://www.mcmaster.com/94735a791-94735A495
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Those grub screws will rust in short order. When they rust they will expand and blow the holes out. Get them in stainless.
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Why not just leave the QKs in?
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Watch for lot of rust on those

Good point : I've gorilla-glued them into the holes but I'll run some epoxy over them & into the socket too. They're quite old skis & only going to be used as occasional rock-skis locally, so not too worried about them
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Why not just leave the QKs in

Because I want to use them in another set of skis
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Life's too short to want to re-use inserts.
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Life's too short to want to re-use inserts

Not when you've got 3 bindings worth on 2 sets of skis ~96 qks ~= £192 Smile
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geoffers wrote:
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Life's too short to want to re-use inserts

Not when you've got 3 bindings worth on 2 sets of skis ~96 qks ~= £192 Smile

Fair enough. Probably worth the hassle then.
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I use these (which are cheaper):
https://www.tappex.co.uk/products/inserts-metals/trisert-3?thread=M5&length=8.4&extras=303+stainless+steel&type=reduced_headed#selector

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