 Poster: A snowHead
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How often should I spray my bindings with binding spray?
I assume just to cover all metal and moving parts?
Do I have to be careful not to get onto bases?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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GordonFreeman, Binding spray - never heard of the stuff!! Do I need it?
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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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| Megamum wrote: |
| Binding spray - never heard of the stuff!! |
Me neither.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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I've learned on here that bindings are best left to experts and to leave well alone for my own safety. I don't have a problem with this advice!!
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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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But you must have to look after them to prevent rusting or seizing up? I keep them dry obviously when stored away but that's about it.
It's the only part of my skis I leave alone at present.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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| GordonFreeman wrote: |
| But you must have to look after them to prevent rusting or seizing up? |
I might loosen the springs during the summer, but other than that they get ignored.
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GordonFreeman, DO NOT attempt to re-lube or grease your bindings. Modern bindings are not designed to be relubed, and do not need it providing that you treat them decently. Most manufacturers however recommend that the heel track & the AFD (if it's a sliding one) should be lightly lubed with a silicone lube approx every 30 days of use. Don't squirt the lube into the toe or heel pieces.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Megamum wrote: |
| Binding spray - never heard of the stuff!! |
Me neither. |
that'd be this stuff then. Most of my sales are to shops/clubs for lubing the tracks on demo bindings.
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I have a railflex. Do the parts not rust then?
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| GordonFreeman wrote: |
| I have a railflex. Do the parts not rust then? |
Nope, but the heel track can get sticky which can hamper the heelpiece moving back smoothly when you click in. And a sliding AFD should slide. No need to slacken off the tensions or release the heelpiece. And that's about it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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GordonFreeman, the sliding AFD (anti friction device) on the toe piece - it's that light grey ribbed toothed strip of rubber that the underside of the toe of the boot rests on. A little squirt of silicon in the gap underneath the AFD ensures that it works smoothly in the event of a toe release.
And the heelpiece track. When you click your boot in the actual heelpiece slides rearwards maybe 5-7mm (the internal spring that is being pushed agianst is the forward pressure adjustment). A little squirt of silicone in the track just ensures it slides rearwards easily & the forward pressure is applied smoothly.
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You know it makes sense.
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GordonFreeman, Above B, down the outside of the forward pressure tab. Most bindings move between about 3-8mm when the boot's clicked in. Don't get too hung up about it.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Nope, still not sure, sorry.
Which is the forward pressure tab and which is the heel track?
I thought the heel track was along the binding plate?
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Poster: A snowHead
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GordonFreeman, the forward pressure lever/tab is a piece of silver metal about 15mm wide & 2mm thick that protudes slighty out of the rear of the heelpiece. It'll have a few lines scribed across the end of it (when the boot's installed the rear of the heel pieces should fall within these lines to indicate the correct forward pressure adjustment), you can see it in your pic just protruding out of the heel piece just above the circle around the letter B.
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