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:
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
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.
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.
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.
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