Comments on: G3 Onyx Toe Pin Breakage – Rare but Real http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sarah http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/#comment-50791 sarah Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:22:06 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6392#comment-50791 Just had my toe pin break this weekend in bounds thankfully, can't imagine what that would have been like the following day when I was supposed to be touring. Sheared off on my 2010 Onyx binding. Have also had problems with my brakes, and while I got excellent service from G3 last spring (2012) about this issue, I'm a little disappointed that they didn't identify the possibility of this toe pin issue at that time. Just had my toe pin break this weekend in bounds thankfully, can’t imagine what that would have been like the following day when I was supposed to be touring.
Sheared off on my 2010 Onyx binding. Have also had problems with my brakes, and while I got excellent service from G3 last spring (2012) about this issue, I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t identify the possibility of this toe pin issue at that time.

]]> By: G http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/#comment-43374 G Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:09:01 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6392#comment-43374 Just wanted to share an update with an Onyx replacement. I saw this thread just before a trip out to Utah, and, as I headed out, made a last-minute call to Wasatch Touring (http://www.wasatchtouring.com/) in Salt Lake. The folks there were super helpful and got in touch with the local G3 dealer out there. Apparently G3 are planning to get replacement pins specifically, but in the meantime they're replacing the entire toe unit. Wasatch got the new toe pieces in, I dropped by, and we got them swapped out within 15 minutes. They worked great over 4 days of skiing! Here's a photo of the new toe pins with "slit": http://files.matinic.us/garrett/pub/onyx-slit.jpg Just wanted to share an update with an Onyx replacement. I saw this thread just before a trip out to Utah, and, as I headed out, made a last-minute call to Wasatch Touring (http://www.wasatchtouring.com/) in Salt Lake. The folks there were super helpful and got in touch with the local G3 dealer out there. Apparently G3 are planning to get replacement pins specifically, but in the meantime they’re replacing the entire toe unit. Wasatch got the new toe pieces in, I dropped by, and we got them swapped out within 15 minutes. They worked great over 4 days of skiing! Here’s a photo of the new toe pins with “slit”:

http://files.matinic.us/garrett/pub/onyx-slit.jpg

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/#comment-42781 Lou Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6392#comment-42781 Pete, Onyx made their official response. It's above, and can be had from their customer service. Did I not make that clear? Let me know if I messed up and I'll reword above to try and be clear. Lou Pete, Onyx made their official response. It’s above, and can be had from their customer service. Did I not make that clear? Let me know if I messed up and I’ll reword above to try and be clear. Lou

]]> By: Pete http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/#comment-42780 Pete Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:11 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6392#comment-42780 Thanks for the pic Lou. I didn't mean to sound pushy or impatient with respect to seeing what the slit looks like. I had examined my own bindings and just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. It's clear what it looks like now. The pins on my Onyx bindings clearly don't have the slit and your picture makes it clear that the inner grooved part of the pin where it connects to the binding is NOT what one should be looking for as this picture illustrates: http://home.comcast.net/~pete_nelson/Shared/images/G3Onyxpin.jpg After hearing another first hand account from another (prior) G3 Onyx owner this weekend who told me about their own malfunction experience, I'm having serious concerns about my own binding safety on the two pairs I own and hope there is some official response from G3 regarding this issue as it looks like I need to take two pairs of skis/bindings out of service for the time being. Worried. Thanks for the pic Lou. I didn’t mean to sound pushy or impatient with respect to seeing what the slit looks like. I had examined my own bindings and just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. It’s clear what it looks like now.

The pins on my Onyx bindings clearly don’t have the slit and your picture makes it clear that the inner grooved part of the pin where it connects to the binding is NOT what one should be looking for as this picture illustrates: http://home.comcast.net/~pete_nelson/Shared/images/G3Onyxpin.jpg

After hearing another first hand account from another (prior) G3 Onyx owner this weekend who told me about their own malfunction experience, I’m having serious concerns about my own binding safety on the two pairs I own and hope there is some official response from G3 regarding this issue as it looks like I need to take two pairs of skis/bindings out of service for the time being.

Worried.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/6392/g3-onyx-toe-pin-break/#comment-42732 Lou Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:33:33 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6392#comment-42732 Pete, I installed a photo of how the slit in the toe pin looks. As you can see, it's blatantly obvious if the binding has it or not. Clear now? Lou Pete, I installed a photo of how the slit in the toe pin looks. As you can see, it’s blatantly obvious if the binding has it or not. Clear now? Lou

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