binding releasing randomly

**Aussie_ripper** · 02-10-2009, 02:01 AM

So I'm riding in Bro 179s, mounted with a an older pair of Solly S912s, and one binding has randomly released on me a couple of times. Mostly mellow kind of terrain, I'll hit a small kicker and poof, off with my right ski, throwing me into a pretty non-spectacular grinding halt. My DINs are set at 10, so I'm not thinking bumps should throw my ski. It's making me nervous, since it happened twice last time I was out, and once before that. Makes me re-think big lines in the back of my head.
So what do Mags think? Busted binding or is there something I haven't thought of?

**JimLad** · 02-10-2009, 02:26 AM

Checked forward pressure?

**BushwackerinPA** · 02-10-2009, 06:34 AM

check forward pressure and toe wing adjustment screws.

**teosickrider** · 02-10-2009, 06:51 AM

Let's say that the s912 is not the best binding Salomon makes...

**XtrPickels** · 02-10-2009, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by teosickrider

Let's say that the s912 is not the best binding Salomon makes...

... lets say that its perfectly sufficient to ski on and that having 916's doesn't make you core brah.

**Jim J** · 02-10-2009, 08:52 AM

Something is off. With the boot clicked in, check the forward pressure indicator on the back of the heal track. If that looks good, I would take them and your boots to a good shop to get them checked out. It's worth the little bit of money to have safe bindings. I had some jacked up demo 912's that would release way too easily on 10 so cranked them up to 12 and tore my ACL.

**addict** · 02-10-2009, 09:42 AM

Check fwd pressure, toe wing adjustment and toe height adjustment. These will shift over time, locktite helps slow the shifting, but sollys need to be checked relatively regularly.

And Xtrapickels, 916s do make you way more core, no doubt about that.

**Aussie_ripper** · 03-03-2009, 12:18 PM

So just a heads up, I figured out what happened. Looks like my right Bro has a big ol' crack in the sidewall, right under the heel piece. Took it to the shop and they said that was the problem, told me I needed a new pair of skis, despite this being my skis first season. That's the bad news. The good news is apparently if you stick a piece of paper in that crack and tape over it it's an instant fix. So, it's all good I spose, though I'm not really impressed.