I did a bunch of reading regarding which sally bindings I should be looking for to put in existing holes for an s916 binding. I thought I had found a good candidate with some 997 12-din Driver Syncro R bindings, used for $80 CDN. I double-checked with the guy at the gear store I bought it from that it had the same hole pattern as the s916 and he thought it would be fine.
Turns out I'm not so slick because there's 6 screws in the heel piece instead of the 4 I was expecting. In retrospect I remember people mentioning the hole patterns are different on the rental binding systems, but I guess I overlooked the possibility that these were a rental binding with a fixed toe.
Intro aside, I'm wondering if there's anyone in Calgary who has the proper tools/jig/know-how to drill the hole pattern for the heel piece for the heel piece I'm stuck with and wants to trade some labour for a sixer?I was really trying to avoid extra costs of a re-mount and that's why I went out of my way to look for something like these binding to put in the existing holes, and came up epic fail as per my avatar.
Or should I call these bindings a lost cause (looks like the toe wings are plastic, and from the apparently misguided knowledge I thought I had gleaned, was expecting metal) and get something else? I was hoping to use these skis this weekend and likely won't be able to in that case.
Any other ideas/options?
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