Comments on: Reader’s Rides — Dave’s Dynafit FT12 Mount

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:25:21 +0000

Dave,

I’m curious, how did your year on these bindings work out? Did you release issues? I want to switch over, but am curious about durability on the occasional air to harder snow, or some bumps on the way to powder on one of those dreaded lift served days. I’m smaller than you, so if they worked for you…

Thanks for the info!

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:08:27 +0000

I’d bet it’s just a matter of re-installing the toe unit, and aligning things as they re-tighten the screws. Please drop by and let us know what the outcome is.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:01:03 +0000

Thanks a lot Lou, VERY helpful.
FYI the sole blocks on the Zzeuses are almost perfectly aligned and screws are tight.
I also can’t believe they let them go out of the shop that way.
They are known as the experts in backcountry skiing in my area, told me they are one of the few high-level dynafit-certified installation centers in the country, and both the manager and the lead tech guy assured me that mounting the ft12s on my lotuses would be no problem. They even got out the wide jig and showed me that it fit the ski.
The worst part is I didn’t realize the problem until I had summitted box elder in UT, which was a 6 hour climb. I thought I had clicked in the heel, but the pins didn’t engage and I feel on a steep headwall. I then got the pins to engage by pushing hard, but I was nervous the whole 4K’ down.
Sorry for the dear diary entry, I am just super bummed that they might have messed up my $900 skis! I hope they make things right one way or another.
Thanks again for the lightening-fast response Lou!

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:53:14 +0000

Laurent, usually that’s just a matter of doing the mount properly, in that the binding can be shifted as the screws are tightened, so everything aligns correctly. That said, you should first check that the heel unit is centered on the ski within a millimeter or so (it’s impossible to get it perfect as jigs are not perfect, etc.). If it is pretty much centered, then they should attempt to remove and re-insert the toe unit screws while aligning the toe unit properly, so that the boot heel fitting drops down on the heel pins nearly perfectly. All screws should be re-inserted with epoxy and not over-torqued. If that doesn’t work, then they owe you new skis.

Oh, one other thing, make sure the sole blocks on your ZZeus are installed correctly and associated screws are tight — before you start mounting or re-mounting. There is a slim chance that perhaps the sole blocks on the boots were not tight and they shifted at some point in the process, thus rendering their mount un-centered when the shop rats thought it was good. But they should have checked that of course…

Amazing they let them go out of the workshop that way!

By: Laurent

Laurent — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:17:16 +0000

Hi Lou
,
A shop messed up my FT12 mount on my brand new Lotus 120s and I was wondering if you’d be kind enough to give me your opinion.
The problem is described with words and a photo in the first post on this thread:

If anyone else can chime in too, that would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Laurent