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How many times can I replace the bindings on my skis?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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On a normal well built Alpine pair of skis you can probably change them a couple of times if the hole pattern allows.
@Spyderjon is the expert in this so if you tell him what the skis and bindings are he’ll probably be able to give you some advice
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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?
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Puzzling question - barring catastrophic damage the usable lifetime of a binding would normally outlast that of the ski by a long way, such that one could reasonably re-use bindings on two or even three sets of skis in succession. So why would they need to be changed, and more than once?
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So why would they need to be changed, and more than once
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Maybe to swap one set of bindings between multiple skis - if so QKs are the way to go
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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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So why would they need to be changed, and more than once?
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How else do you accommodate the ski boot shuffle?*
Or perhaps the skis are second hand, and the new owner has different size feet to the previous one?
*Buy boots, often from t'internet at a bargain price. Rapidly discover they are too big; read SnowHeads (or other snow-related Internet forums) and learn a bit about boots. First pair wasn't such a bargain after all. Buy a pair from the local store, with help from a "bootfitter". These are a size smaller than the first pair, and because the bindings were poorly mounted, there's not quite enough travel to adjust. 2-3 weeks later, as the liners pack out, return to SnowHeads and after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, realise that the "fitter" was not really so good. See a proper fitter, buy 3rd pair of boots. These are probably at least another size smaller, so move bindings again. At least now you have boots that fit properly. 
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How many times can I replace the bindings on my skis?
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That depends on exactly what you are asking. If you have binfings mounted on a plate (like most piste skis today), then you can slide them up a down the plate to your heart's content. If you have bindings screwed to a plate, then you can move them a few times, but you are screwing and unscrewing into plastic with self-tapping screws, so eventually the thread will wear out.
If you are asking about bindings mounted directly on skis (mostly off-piste or park skis), then as above you will eventually wear the hole/thread out if you repeatedly remove and replace bindings using the same holes. If you are moving bindings -- so redrilling, then you need a 10mm gap from any existing hole. This will limit your options after a couple of remounts....
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