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Bindings Too Wide HELP!!!

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.Gladiator.
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Hey NS...I bought a pair of Faction 1.0s and also some Rossignol FKS 140's. I knew they were going to be wide for the factions being that the skis are 82 underfoot But I didn't think it would be a problem. I originally bought Revision skis that were 96 underfoot for the FKS but they were way too big of skis so i decided to mount them on the Factions. I've been skiing the setup for the better part of this season so far and multiple times as I'm carving into a jump or landing after a backflip, my brakes get caught on each other and I eat shit. Just yesterday I did a 270 out of a rail and my brakes dug in and kinda bent. It sucks. I want to try and bend them in but I don't want them to break. Can I get smaller brakes? Are they even interchangeable on the FKS system? I just hate it when I'm skiing and my skis catch on each other.

(I want to avoid re-drilling so any suggestions would really help)

Faction 1.0 = 82mm underfoot
Rossignol FKS 140's = 115mm brake
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Muggydude
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rozboon
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Man, you can ride your high horse right back to TGR to be honest.

OP, in order of ease:

-Find/acquire replacement baseplates with narrower brakes, swap them over.
-Find narrower brakes, swap them using the method in this vid: http://vimeo.com/4218404
-Bend your brakes narrower, use the same vid. Maybe see if you can get the feet off the brake arms and cut the arms down a little after you bend them or they will be really long and get caught up all the time
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GTFO TGR n00b!!
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ghosthop
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wrong forum jong
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steeze4days
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To be honest man there's a reason why pretty much every place you can possibly buy bindings says that the recommended brake width is no more than 15mm wider than your skis underfoot.


Your options are:

1:Bend that shit

2:Replace brakes which is really difficult on FKS, and most shops will refuse because its so long and intricate

3: Use different bindings which are under 15mm wider than your skis, you may not have to re-drill, depending on the binding you decided to change the fks with you may be able to just remount them in the same holes with some help from epoxy.


Good luck, always make sure your gear fits together before you buy it bro!
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