Are my bindings mounted correctly

OregonDeadFrom the picture I can't tell. The plastic housing thing doesn't need to be totally flush with your ski as long as the screws are all the way in.

freeskibum82they should be flush. sometimes when shops drill into skis it raises the topsheet a little and wont let the binding sit flush. I take a razor blade to remove this or just slight pressure from the bit to countersink it a little. This happens to line skis ive noticed too. Since the heel piece slides onto that track for the griffon, id bring it to the shop and have them slide off the heel quick and torque down the screws a few more turns. If that doesnt eliminate, they should remove the plate, clean off the top of the ski in the area and make sure there are no raises areas around the holes drilled and then reglue and screw the plate back in.

freeskibum82they should be flush. sometimes when shops drill into skis it raises the topsheet a little and wont let the binding sit flush.

Ar3zzHow big of a deal is it that it's not flush though. And could I try to do it myself or is it too risky?

mystery3Go for it. If you have a torque driver even better.

If the shop is convenient it'd be easy to go back and have them checked though.

BrawnTrendsOr it could be when the tech plugged the previous holes. But same outcome.

Ar3zzI think I have one of those drivers. Guess I'm going to try that then.

Ar3zzNext question. Is it bad that these 2 holes are this close to the old ones?

**This post was edited on Feb 24th 2019 at 10:44:16am

PoikenzYes! Typically strength starts to diminish rapidly as you start to get closer than 8mm from a previous hole.The general rule is to say at least 1 cm away from a previous mount.

Also you don't need any sort of drill to remount bindings in the same/ already drilled hole. Shops use them for convenience, they are fast and they don't have to train techs about how to not strip a hole.

freeskibum821cm is a lot. especially if the ski has metal in it. You obviously want some space and the holes should not touch or overlap but 1cm really limits being able to mount so the boot center is in the correct location on the ski. I generally try to remount by moving either heel or toe if i can to align the boot center mark and cut down on how many holes a ski has.

Common practice is to hand tighten to finish. I have torque set low on the drill and then i always go over all the screws by hand after. It has nothing to do with not having to train techs and more to do with efficiency.

freeskibum821cm is a lot. especially if the ski has metal in it. You obviously want some space and the holes should not touch or overlap but 1cm really limits being able to mount so the boot center is in the correct location on the ski. I generally try to remount by moving either heel or toe if i can to align the boot center mark and cut down on how many holes a ski has.

Common practice is to hand tighten to finish. I have torque set low on the drill and then i always go over all the screws by hand after. It has nothing to do with not having to train techs and more to do with efficiency.

PoikenzI've definitely worked at shops where some techs know nothing (not always their fault) or don't care enough to use more than just the drill. Not saying everyone does it, but it does happen.

And sorry, you are right about hole distance. I go with a minimum of 1 cm center to center of holes, so I might not have made that clear. The guidelines that most people go off of are 7mm+ from hole center to center, which gives you 3.4 mm edge to edge on holes drilled at 3.6 mm. I'd say that those holes on Op's skis are still too close together and risk pulling out at some point.

Ar3zzI can just hope that they won't pull out then. Luckily all the other holes are further away from the old ones. Filled the holes with some epoxy too so that might give a little bit more strenght.

PoikenzI've definitely worked at shops where some techs know nothing (not always their fault) or don't care enough to use more than just the drill. Not saying everyone does it, but it does happen.