Two broken pivot heels in one season? Snapped steel carnage inside

**HVskier** · 03-26-2015, 05:43 PM

Pretty sure this isn't a common failure. Has it happened to anybody else?

Silver heel broke early this season while carving on a groomer and was two seasons old. It had been in a very hard and awkward crash that broke a toe piece a few weeks before that I figured may have done the damage. Green heel is only 3 months old and broke while skiing some nasty bumps. Neither broke during a crash...just skiing along. I only weigh 145 and set my dins at 8. Can't figure out why this is happening but i'm starting to question my choice in bindings.

**Caucasian Asian** · 03-27-2015, 10:28 AM

It's odd that they both broke at the same spot. Were they mounted at the same shop?

**mntlion** · 03-27-2015, 12:09 PM

very strange, what boots? how much wear?

**Snowy Spartan** · 03-27-2015, 12:27 PM

A dude I know had two of those break in the same spot. Orange fks though.

**XavierD** · 03-27-2015, 12:43 PM

weird, never seen them break like that. Interesting that they did it in the same place. What were you doing when the break happened? both on the same foot?

**HVskier** · 03-27-2015, 07:01 PM

Pretty sure I was using an older pair of full tilts that were fairly worn when the silver one broke. Green ones I was wearing a fairly new pair with the rubber soles in pretty good shape. They were not mounted by the same shop and I was just skiing along when both broke.

**powtario** · 03-31-2015, 01:14 AM

I imagine a rep wouldn't mind getting hold of those to send back to HQ and maybe compensating you for your time.

**freak** · 03-31-2015, 01:58 AM

had this happen at the same spot on one fks, the other one of the pair also showed cracks, would have broken soon after.
saw the same thing a few times until now. always happened after a lot (>200 days) of use, figured thats where they break if they break. probably possible to replace the part, but i havent found it yet.

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**Mustonen** · 03-31-2015, 09:20 AM

I have a pair of old ZRs where the same piece broke, just higher up on the posts next to the threads. One side back in 2011, the other side a few days ago (4 years later almost to the day). I have a box of salvage pivot parts, no big deal to swap that piece out. A few minutes on Sunday afternoon put the bindings back in production....