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Me and my son use Atomic Waymaker ski boots - but this may apply to many other boots too.
One one of mine and one of my son's boots have lost one of the springs pulling the buckle back onto the boot shell. Now the buckles are just kind of flapping in the wind when loose. The boots are still working fine when tightened.
Has anyone been able to use wire to create a new buckle spring?
The buckles are riveted on. So removing these can be a bit of a pain.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Gazdok, easy enough to drill and rivet in new ones?
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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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Made me check the price of a new buckle with exactly the same problem on my Scott Cosmos Tour boots, £40 
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Simple answer is to never leave the buckle unclipped. Even if don't want it tight just leave it on the clip but open with just enough tension to stop it coming loose.
It's good practice anyway to always do your boots up when not in use, so just get into the habit and you shouldn't have any problems.
Or - a large safety pin and a pair of pliers.
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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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@Chaletbeauroc, isn’t the safety pin going to hold them open not closed?
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I do not have a riveter and never riveted.
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When one of the clips on my ski boots failed I took it to my local ski boot shop, they fitted a new one and it really didn't cost that much, can't remember how much though it was a few years ago.
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My boots are only unbuckled twice a day when on a ski holiday, otherwise they remain buckled up. Plenty replacements if you search the web.
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@Gazdok, cheap as chips and even easier
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@Gazdok, near impossible to replace those little springs, normal solution is replace the clip normally £30-£40 including the part, no need for a riveter, most palces when replacing a clip will drill out/. grind the back off the old one and use a screw in rivet
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| @Chaletbeauroc, isn’t the safety pin going to hold them open not closed? |
Depends how adept you are with the pliers (and I wasn't being entirely serious).
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