Help an idiot replace their buckles.

[doubleeject]

Does anyone know if the full tilt buckles will work on a dalbello panterra? My upper buckles are starting to bend out and I can't find any place that carries replacement dalbello buckles.

[Dshack89]

I replaced a Dalbello ladder with a full tilt ladder from evo.com and it was an exact replacement. Not 100% sure on the buckles but I'd bet they work. FYI evo.com seems to carry the FT buckles too

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[doubleeject]

I ordered one so I'll find out soon enough. I have to try something, my buckle is quiet quitting.

[The Stopper]

I ordered one so I'll find out soon enough. I have to try something, my buckle is quiet quitting.

Interested in how this shakes out, I have a 1.5 year old Krypton with two blown buckles sitting in the closet. Dalbello and a few dealers have ghosted me on replacement parts, pretty frustrating.

[doubleeject]

The answer is, not really. The holes for mounting the buckles don’t line up with the holes in the shell. More importantly the buckle digs into the shell a fair bit when the buckle is tightened. Now that I have the buckle off, I’ll just go to a shop and see if they have a buckle that will work.

[doubleeject]

Local shop had a buckle that will work. It has one mounting point instead of two, but I don’t think it’s going to be an issue. Comparing it with the boots they had in the store, I’m guessing it’s an Atomic Hawx buckle.

[XXX-er]

some thing to pay attention to with all this buckle talk is that the ladders on some buckles have a hinge at the point where they are riveted to the shell,

so the instep buckle on my 4 buckle Dalbello has the hinge on the ladder while the toe does not, I think it was so he the buckle conforms better to the shell ?

[old goat]

Local shop had a buckle that will work. It has one mounting point instead of two, but I don’t think it’s going to be an issue. Comparing it with the boots they had in the store, I’m guessing it’s an Atomic Hawx buckle.

I was going to suggest that--a good boot shop likely has a lot of used buckles that they will give you cheap or free, if you don't care if they match. And you can drill holes in the shell if necessary. I finally got rid of my previous pair of boots when none of the buckles matched.

[TurxSki]

I've had buckles replaced on my boots a couple of times. (Cinders one time).
A few years back now. Sent them up to Tecnica. No charge.

*So contact your boot maker, m'kay?*

The last time they included a spare buckle...(like *yeah...no, its on you now*).
One funny thing, they would ship back same method you sent to them. If you want next-day, you gotta pay up. Think they were in VT, so pricey from CA.

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