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Ski binding problem
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Hi all
I have a pair of
Volkl
Karma 177s from 2006. They have been fitted with the Marker Scratch 140 bindings.
When I was in Val d'Isere last season, I noticed a problem with one of the bindings. Basically, when I go to put the skis on, the heel piece on one of the bindings does not smoothly click up and lock the boot into place. When I put the toe into the binding and then step back on the heel, the heel piece only moves up a little and then stops. It does not click up fully and lock the boot into place in one motion. The only way to get past this is to either to lean back and apply more pressure down on the heel (quite a lot more than normal) or to reach down and put the binding up (only a little upward pressure is needed) which clicks the heel piece up and locks the boot in place. I took the ski to Snowberry when I was there and they said they couldn't tell what the problem was and recommended I get it looked at by Marker or replace it.
The main question I have is whether the binding is safe to continue using? It doesn't seem to lock into position smoothly but, after a little help, it does lock into place a seems normal. I guess I am worried that if I took the kind of fall where I want the ski to come off that somehow it won't function properly...
Does anyone have any advice as to (a) if this is potentially dangerous and (b) how I could possibly fix the problem?
Any thoughts/advice would be hugely appreciated!
Tweed88
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Tweed88 wrote:
Any thoughts/advice would be hugely appreciated!
Go to someone trained on Rossignol/Look bindings, not Marker, and be prepared to hear that your boot soles are too worn down.
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Thanks for the tip. I just had a look at the heel pieces on both boots and both don't look that worn though... Do you really think it could be this?
Does anyone have any suggestions for a Rossignol/Look binding specialist?
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Tweed88 wrote:
Do you really think it could be this?
Just that by itself: yes, possibly.
That in combination with a heel adjustment tab that wasn't originally properly set in the track by whoever last adjusted the binding, so that it sort of slid back into the next track spot during use: even more possible.
Either way, it would become more apparent during use. (And
Marker
aren't going to do diddly about it
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