Comments on: Scott Cosmos – Adiós Garmont and Mod those Tech Fittings http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greg http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/#comment-53755 Greg Sat, 18 May 2013 05:40:51 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9291#comment-53755 (Missed this one) Failure #5 - The side rails bent as well. Amazing how delicate these mechanisms that we trust our lives to are. (Missed this one)
Failure #5 – The side rails bent as well.

Amazing how delicate these mechanisms that we trust our lives to are.

]]> By: Greg http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/#comment-53754 Greg Sat, 18 May 2013 05:28:10 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9291#comment-53754 Scott ended up sending me replacement ski/tour mechanisms, so I swapped out the broken one, and found a whole lot of interesting failures in the mechanism: Failure #1 - Obvious failure of the red bar. Buckled in just about the middle, with a second bend at the hole where it slots over the locking pin. Failure #2 - The locking pin had enough scraped off of it by the red bar to make me doubt whether it would hold a bar in ski mode. Failure #3 - Spring that holds the locking pin into the red bar was no longer caught and activated by the lever used to switch from tour to ski. Failure #4 - The 'backbone' of the mechanism, into which the screws go, was bent about halfway down its length. All in all, I'm not left with much confidence in the mechanism. Thoughts? Here's a link to an album with pictures of the various failures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100574792922291.1073741834.12002257&type=1&l=af6c56cc63 (Lou - If you'd like, feel free to use the pictures, and/or trim the link from the post) Scott ended up sending me replacement ski/tour mechanisms, so I swapped out the broken one, and found a whole lot of interesting failures in the mechanism:

Failure #1 – Obvious failure of the red bar. Buckled in just about the middle, with a second bend at the hole where it slots over the locking pin.
Failure #2 – The locking pin had enough scraped off of it by the red bar to make me doubt whether it would hold a bar in ski mode.
Failure #3 – Spring that holds the locking pin into the red bar was no longer caught and activated by the lever used to switch from tour to ski.
Failure #4 – The ‘backbone’ of the mechanism, into which the screws go, was bent about halfway down its length.

All in all, I’m not left with much confidence in the mechanism. Thoughts?

Here’s a link to an album with pictures of the various failures:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100574792922291.1073741834.12002257&type=1&l=af6c56cc63
(Lou – If you’d like, feel free to use the pictures, and/or trim the link from the post)

]]> By: Peter http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/#comment-53658 Peter Mon, 13 May 2013 21:50:10 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9291#comment-53658 Greg, make sure you read my previous post pertaining to the bar that Scott might send you. You can see my video on you tube titled "Cosmo boot walking mechanism". Scott just sent me new boots with the original red me ha ism and my old boots have been sent back over the pond to Italy for inspection and redesign of the "new red bar" (which is flat at the end; no stopper for hyper extension). Greg, make sure you read my previous post pertaining to the bar that Scott might send you. You can see my video on you tube titled “Cosmo boot walking mechanism”. Scott just sent me new boots with the original red me ha ism and my old boots have been sent back over the pond to Italy for inspection and redesign of the “new red bar” (which is flat at the end; no stopper for hyper extension).

]]> By: Greg http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/#comment-53653 Greg Mon, 13 May 2013 18:42:57 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9291#comment-53653 Turns out Scott IS receptive to Garmont warranty issues - Broke the red heel bar on my Garmont Cosmos over the weekend, and Scott's going to send me a new one, hopefully in time for next weekend. Turns out Scott IS receptive to Garmont warranty issues – Broke the red heel bar on my Garmont Cosmos over the weekend, and Scott’s going to send me a new one, hopefully in time for next weekend.

]]> By: Lou Dawson http://www.wildsnow.com/9291/scott-cosmos-garmont-tech-dynafit-fittings/#comment-52620 Lou Dawson Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9291#comment-52620 The saga continues (grin). Best wishes on getting it all worked out. Lou The saga continues (grin). Best wishes on getting it all worked out. Lou

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