Comments on: Boot Maintenance of the Dynafit Kind (ZZero and others)

By: Don Gisselbeck

Don Gisselbeck — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:26:41 +0000

Is anyone else seeing screw breakage on the heelpeice? I have now seen 2 on the same boot within a few weeks.

By: Toby Wheeler

Toby Wheeler — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:11 +0000

Lou’s advice re the heel inserts in the boots is great. I wish I had read it a week ago as I am living in Kyrgyzstan on and off and lost one of the heel inserts last week. There was lot of wet snow around and a lot of icing up and I suspect that hastened the process of losing it. Undoubtedly is was loose but I never checked it. Getting another one here is a bit challenging. I may just get a couple from Boulder and have someone bring it over for me (but that is a month away); meanwhile I am going to have a machine shop here manufacture one for me. Thanks for the site and to all those who contribute.
Toby

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:30:16 +0000

Haven’t seen much mention of this on the site, but I just discovered that the plastic of my Zzero PX 4 buckle boots failed at the metal toepiece insert- the plastic underneath/behind the fitting failed the same way at all four points.

I’ve skied them for just under 1 year. I’ve heard through the grapevine that this happened to a few of these early generation boots.

Local ski shop took care of me with some loaner boots and is dealing with warranty…(Pays to shop local I guess)

Anyone have any perspective on this issue?

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:23:43 +0000

Carol, anything can break. I’ve seen almost all backcountry ski gear break in one way or another. For gear to be light and efficient it can’t be totally bomb proof. That applies to all gear, not just Dynafit. I’ve seen boots break in many ways.

You can put the part in you got from the donor boot. Doing so is trivial. Put a bit of epoxy steel on the screw and on the mating surfaces when you do. Tighten firmly but take care not to strip the threads. It’s really not a big deal, but if you’re uncomfortable with the work just take it to a ski shop that has a mechanic with a good reputation (and helpful attitude).

By: Carol Evenchick

Carol Evenchick — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:13:36 +0000

Hi Lou:
I have a problem with one of the dynafit metal heel inserts on one of my boots. The tip of one of the little wings that sticks out to the side has broken off. I’m missing about 2 or 3 mm of the tip. I brought the boot to one of the better shops in town to see if they could fix it, but they said that they are not allowed to. A safety/liability issue I guess. They called Garmont in Italy, and the Garmont folks said to send the boot to them, and they would decide whether or not they will fix it. It would take a month minimum. The boots are Garmont Mega Ride (Ladies), 2 and a
half years old.
Oh, last detail after reading the previous Nicks posting. I have only used the boots in dynafit bindings about 20 ski days.

So, I have a few questions.
1) have you heard of this problem before?
2) do you know how boot companies deal with it?
3) I have managed to find an old boot with a heel part that hasn’t been used, so could do the exchange myself… do you see any major problems with this??
4) any recommendations???

many thanks,
Carol

ps, in case you are wondering, I suspect it broke while I was walking down a metal grate stair case, but I’m not certain.