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  • brundo
    Registered User
    • Nov 2016
    • 1586

    #1

    Difference in left/right binding mounting?

    I bought some boots from a ski shop and I got a free mount. So I had them mount the Kingpins on a pair of BC Noctas. Looks like karma of not mounting my own fucking skis came back to bite me and they mounted the left binding on the right ski and the right binding on the left ski. I don't think there a left and a right kingpin or a left and a right ski on the nocta, but when adjusting the din, do they adjust the right/left ski differently? I assume not
  • Eluder
    Hack Master
    • Oct 2008
    • 4860

    #2
    How do you know what binding is left and what binding is right???
    a positive attitude will not solve all of your problems, but it may annoy enough people to make it worth the effort

    Formerly Rludes025

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    • John_B
      Registered User
      • Feb 2013
      • 2804

      #3
      Originally posted by brundo
      I bought some boots from a ski shop and I got a free mount. So I had them mount the Kingpins on a pair of BC Noctas. Looks like karma of not mounting my own fucking skis came back to bite me and they mounted the left binding on the right ski and the right binding on the left ski. I don't think there a left and a right kingpin or a left and a right ski on the nocta, but when adjusting the din, do they adjust the right/left ski differently? I assume not
      It depends on if you turn better to the right or left.....or you are over thinking it.

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      • brundo
        Registered User
        • Nov 2016
        • 1586

        #4
        Originally posted by Eluder
        How do you know what binding is left and what binding is right???
        They put a sticker on there...any it was the opposite of what was printed on the skis. IDIOTS

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        • mooseknuckle
          <--Pow ripper in training
          • Mar 2006
          • 757

          #5
          Is there crack involved in this story?

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          • brundo
            Registered User
            • Nov 2016
            • 1586

            #6
            Originally posted by John_B
            It depends on if you turn better to the right or left.....or you are over thinking it.
            Great, that's what I assumed

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            • Supermoon
              Sure, why not?
              • Apr 2012
              • 12122

              #7
              Lots of shops tweak the DIN on each binding so they release at the same torque values. Boot wear and differences in the springs can make them release slightly off their indicated DIN is what I’ve been told.

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              • BC.
                Registered User
                • Mar 2018
                • 2317

                #8
                Difference in left/right binding mounting?

                Ski switch.??..

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                • PNWbrit
                  No I'm not an Australian
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 33930

                  #9
                  Wear a helmet that doesn't fit that should fix it.
                  Originally posted by Downbound Train
                  And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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                  • CascadeLuke
                    Registered User
                    • Dec 2016
                    • 2736

                    #10
                    I wouldn’t ski them. Post in gear swap and explain this again.
                    I might be a buyer tho - 190cm?

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                    • SumJongGuy
                      Gravity Slave
                      • Mar 2012
                      • 14003

                      #11
                      I once had a student show up for lessons wearing two left boots. Rental shop FAIL! Never did find the other kid out in the hill wearing two right boots.
                      Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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                      • MiddleOfNight
                        South bound end of a ...
                        • Jul 2016
                        • 1303

                        #12
                        Originally posted by brundo
                        I don't think there a left and a right kingpin or a left and a right ski on the nocta
                        Originally posted by Eluder
                        How do you know what binding is left and what binding is right???
                        uhmmm. yeah +1

                        When mounting: I use left boot on left ski, right boot with right ski. Whichever binding is on the R ski becomes the R binding by default?
                        (but my skis are RES and l/r specific).
                        north bound horse.

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                        • MegaStoke
                          Registered User
                          • Feb 2012
                          • 495

                          #13
                          Originally posted by brundo
                          They put a sticker on there...any it was the opposite of what was printed on the skis. IDIOTS
                          I run a shop. Some liability insurance companies want you to label L & R skis to make sure they both get setup and tested rather than one getting tested twice. As far as I am aware, there is not a single normed boot on the market that doesn’t have a symmetrical interface with the bindings. In other words, feel free to swap skis unless your skis themselves aren’t symmetrical.

                          Also, it’s not out of the ordinary to have your bindings set differently. The indicators are really just a rough starting point, and we set the bindings to release at the same torque value regardless of what the indicator says(within reason of course)

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                          • puregravity
                            I'm Not Crazy
                            • Jun 2009
                            • 2312

                            #14
                            There is the faint possibility that the shop DIN tested the bindings with a proper machination,
                            and hence, with great accuracy and much aplomb and zeal,
                            determined that the right and left bindings calibrated differently for DIN settings.
                            Then, by stroke of luck, and with much emphatic zeal,
                            indicated which binding had what DIN calibrations,
                            by marking them, with a removable sticker, as
                            LEFT and RIGHT.
                            Now, perchance did they give you a form indicating that the bindings were calibrated and tested?
                            That form, rarely obtained from any but the best shops, does show DIN settings adjustment for
                            Left Toe, Right Toe, Left Heel, Right Heel.
                            It happens.
                            This could be the culprit.
                            I'm just taking a wild guess.
                            GOOD LUCK
                            In which case, all that matters is that the bindings are properly calibrated
                            but it doesn't actually matter what ski they get put on, as long as you remember which is which,
                            when you perhaps might want to change the DIN in the future.
                            Because they probably set your bindings up correctly, but as we knows,
                            DIN 16 to DIN 18 is the only truly viable settings for
                            ultimate retention.
                            Now, if the DIN is the same setting on both bindings,
                            then it really doesn't matter unless,
                            there really are left and right handed bindings.
                            Anything is possible.
                            Anything.
                            OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman  Big Billie Eilish fan.
                            But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
                            we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er

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                            • ACH
                              AF
                              • Feb 2008
                              • 4762

                              #15
                              The short answer is, i'm pretty sure you're gonna die...
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                              Some day.
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                              In the meantime, go skiing and don't overthink it.

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