Remounting a Fritschi

[gpetrics]

I think this might be my first post after a long time lurking, but for anyone with knowledge of mounting Fritchis:

I had to pull my binding and send it off for warranty repair, and now that i have it back, what should I do to remount it on my ski? The holes are already drilled, so should I just get some epoxy, put it in the holes, and screw it in? Should I skip the epoxy?

thanks,
Greg

 

[gpetrics]

thanks for the move... sorry

 

[wa-loaf]

Just a little wood glue should do the trick and hand tighten the screws so you don't strip the thread.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Just a little wood glue should do the trick and hand tighten the screws so you don't strip the thread.

That would be correct.:-D

 

[Marc]

Don't use epoxy if the ski is foam core, the two can react and eat away your foam during the hardening. I don't see any reason not to use epoxy over wood glue if it is a wood core ski, however, I'd think it'd bond better to any layers of glass and metal than wood glue would, and give you a stronger remount. It would just be more inconvenient than wood glue.

 

[wa-loaf]

Stick with wood glue, you may want/need to take it off again. Wood glue is what techs use when mounting the binding in the first place. That was the case back when I was mounting bindings, some of the newer alpine set-ups might be different, but the Fritschi looks pretty straight forward.

 

[Marc]

Stick with wood glue, you may want/need to take it off again. Wood glue is what techs use when mounting the binding in the first place. That was the case back when I was mounting bindings, some of the newer alpine set-ups might be different, but the Fritschi looks pretty straight forward.

I use wood glue when I initially mount bindings as well, but just as a moisture barrier, not for strength.

I only suggested epoxy (again, not for foam core) because you could fill, harden and redrill with epoxy and I see it being much stronger than either filling and redrilling with wood glue or just trying to rethread with wet wood glue. Personally, I don't know as though I'd trust it either way, since when you mount a binding you're self tapping the threads in a material that just wasn't meant to be rethreaded. I'd definitely make sure theres a metal plate under the binding mount in the ski before remounting in the same position, that's for damn sure.