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Like the title says, I have an Alien RS with a broken BOA. I have a replacement line, knob and tool. I removed the broken line. Am having difficulty installing the new line. Any tricks? I am considering drilling out the BOA attachment points to facilitate installing the line and then re-riveting them back in. I like these boots but already have a replacement and can move on if they are a lost cause. Mostly looking for reasonable advice from someone who has been down this road before.
I've replaced the BOA for the F1 LT. I think its similar, but I didn't have much trouble re-wiring. Obviously look at your functional boot to get a mental model of the wiring, but from there I was able to just stick a light in and slide the wire through the holes. I had the most trial and error with getting the length of the new wire right. Do you have any specific questions?
Thank you. I can't seem to get the line to thread through the first guide on either side. It goes in a bit and then stops completely as though the way is closed off. I can see the path it needs to take both from the functional boot as well as this image I found, here in case it helps anyone else:
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Success. Managed to get the line replaced. Things that helped:
* start lacing from the bottom up instead of from the dial down
* use tweezers and needlenose pliers to work the line into the guides rather than trying to work inside the boot with my whole hand
Bumping with an F1 LT question.
After skiing a *beautiful* big spring line on Sunday, I pulled up on the boa knob on my month-old F1 LT's and apparently pulled the plastic thing the knob and pulley they attach to apart.
Has anyone replaced the entire piece that sits on the tongue? Is that a scarpa part? I reached out to skimo and scarpa, wondering what the maggot consensus is.
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Reach out to boa directly. They seem to be good on warranty, and info to replace parts yourself. I had to replace some parts on a boa on my atomic backlands, sent a picture in, and in less than a week I had new parts for both boots arrive in the mail. The replacement went ok. Running the cable on the inside of the boot was a real bitch, so I left one of the old ones.
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I also found Boa to be much more helpful than Scarpa. They quickly sent me the parts I needed for free. Also agree that the tough part was relacing the actual cable. It helps a lot to know what the thing you are trying to lace through looks like, since it is almost impossible to see while you are doing the lacing.