Thread: Sally 997/977/916/920/900s/912/914 etc thread, all u ever wanted to know

Jaypowhound, I'm sure I have some old salomon power axe plates in the garage that may do the job.
I will come back to you on saturday when I am back at home.

BUMP. Cause I love this thread.

Looking for some cheap old sollys etc to mount on some recently procured spats, and this thread helped narrow it down!

PM'd ya nickwm21. Re: Solly 997s

Thanks North for the hookup!

Anyone know if the STH or the Regular solly wide brakes work with 997s. I can always swap out the heel pad if neither do.....

The brake arms from the old 997s and the current issue bindings are identical. Just remove old unwide arms from 997 brake component and replace with newer wider arms. I like to pound out the drift pin in the stomp pad as opposed prying out the two spiraled rivets on the bottom spring plate when doing the whole swap thing.

Originally Posted by spudbumkin

I like to pound out the drift pin in the stomp pad as opposed prying out the two spiraled rivets on the bottom spring plate when doing the whole swap thing.

No real need to even do that. The arms just pop out, and you then just have to lever them out of the plastic. Swapping arms shouldn't take more than a minute. Someone made a video a while back.

Just linking another thread with solly porn pictures, as well as good discussion regarding the various toe afd styles:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...th-driver-toes

Paging 916 experts... I have a bit of a problem with some 916s I picked up from my old roommate, which were formally owned by another friend in town, so they're well used but these clamps are built to last, right?

Anyway this large photo will be easier to understand than explaining it in words. The part circled in red is a little floating piece of metal (flat on one side, curved on the other, like a half cylinder) that slots into a swing arm, and the end of the spring housing rests against it. The shot on the right shows it in its normal position, and the shot on the left is how it ends up when I test a lateral toe release with my Tecnica touring soles (testing with DIN soles is all good).

The grooves in front of that piece aren't present on the other toe unit, so I guess those have been formed by previous owners skiing them with the piece out of place. When I reset this piece (which is frustratingly fiddly) then test a lateral toe release with my touring soles, the toe rotates a long way (almost to the point of release) but then stops dead, and the toe won't return to centre as well as it should. Upon inspection, the piece is then out of place.

So, anyone ever had issues like this? Is this toepiece toast? I've still not skied them, but am a bit sketched out even to use my DIN soles in them, let alone the touring soles which I would like to do if possible.

The current Sth will be the last of this generation. Change is coming.

^ Let me guess: Driver toe disappearing in favor of horizontal-spring Guardian toe? Salomons will look like Jesters?

Originally Posted by skimaxpower

^ Let me guess: Driver toe disappearing in favor of horizontal-spring Guardian toe? Salomons will look like Jesters?

EHHHHH. Sorry, thank you for playing. We have some nice parting gifts for you.

Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

EHHHHH. Sorry, thank you for playing. We have some nice parting gifts for you.

If these arent the ones youre talking aboot I'll want to know more.
http://www.salomon.com/others/product/x20-lab-.html

Originally Posted by rabbit

If these arent the ones youre talking aboot I'll want to know more.
http://www.salomon.com/others/product/x20-lab-.html

They aren't and you will have to wait. Yes, it is a tease.

Can we have the same thing we've always had at a more reasonable price?

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

I'm trying to figure out what to put on the solly MFDs I recently picked up in gearswap and since I found out that the 997s are too low I'm looking for another wormscrew heel 14 din option and the s914 has a tab heel, right?

Basically I want a 14 DIN, metal, 5 hole, wormscrew heel, Solly binding that has at least a 17mm toe height...

Just an update for posterity's sake since this thread got bumped.

I ended up with STH 14 Drivers for teh MFDs on my Cochise.

5 screw, wormscrew heels, Driver toes without the weight of metal or the big guy springs.

Sexy.

Gawd I love this thread..

So what's next Phil? Time to start blowing up pics from alka to see what's on his feet??

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

So what's next Phil? Time to start blowing up pics from alka to see what's on his feet??

Or get back to hoarding like we used to?

Originally Posted by rabbit

If these arent the ones youre talking aboot I'll want to know more.
http://www.salomon.com/others/product/x20-lab-.html

I believe those are re-badged Atomic Neox race bindings. Do Avoid.

Originally Posted by skimaxpower

I believe those are re-badged Atomic Neox race bindings. Do Avoid.

Actually a pretty good binding. Bomber but heavy.

Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

They aren't and you will have to wait. Yes, it is a tease.

damn. I hate teasers.
nothing personal.

thank god all my old 997s and 900s are indestructible and will still keep me happy twenty years from now...

I know about a 13 DIN version of Guardian but nothing more than that. Black and white...

Originally Posted by CarlE

I know about a 13 DIN version of Guardian but nothing more than that. Black and white...

And take a closer LOOK.

Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

And take a closer LOOK.

Or you could change its color with a magic MARKER.

But knowing Phil, I'm guessing that this means the changes are more likely in the heel than the toe.

I think the cat is out of the bag in other threads. The STH will come with the Guardian heel.

I'm not sure how I like this, mostly because I love the S916s as they are. It could be better, I suppose, but I don't see how. But I understand it from a business standpoint. Fewer part types but higher volumes means less expense.

Originally Posted by davieboot

I think the cat is out of the bag in other threads. The STH will come with the Guardian heel.

I'm not sure how I like this, mostly because I love the S916s as they are. It could be better, I suppose, but I don't see how. But I understand it from a business standpoint. Fewer part types but higher volumes means less expense.

The times they are a changing. Will it be better? who knows, I am more concerned with the change in the toe. I think the 13 will be better than the 12/14 but will the 16 be better than the old 16? Will this be the New Coke of Salomon like the Axail Pivot was for look to replace the old turntables for Look only to bring back the old Turntables or like Raichle with the Flexon Slalom only to go back to the Flexon?

Anyone have an opinion on 900s at this point in time. I've got a pair of 900s 4-12 DIN that I want to swap onto another pair of skis. Thoughts?

They are in pretty decent shape and I haven't skied them a ton.