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Look pivots are damaging my boots

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weatcoast
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My boot heels have wear/dents from where my look pivot makes contact. Is this normal or improper mounting from the ski shop? 80+ days on these boots. I’ve had Salomon boots before with more days and they only had wear on the grip walk sole from walking around but I’ve never seen it on the heel lug like this before. Maybe Salomon has higher quality plastic? Can anyone with pivots look and let me know if they have this type of wear on their heel? Thanks.





**This thread was edited on May 25th 2024 at 2:15:04pm

**This thread was edited on May 25th 2024 at 2:17:35pm
May 25 2024 2:13PM
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PartyBullshiit
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Too much forward pressure
May 25 2024 3:08PM
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deac
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all k2/ft heels get chewed up there super soft plastic for the shell
May 25 2024 5:57PM
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skierman
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Damn bro, that's gonna totally trash the resale value of your boots no one will want.




LOL fuck you.
May 25 2024 10:27PM
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weatcoast
Posts: 328 - Karma: -3,189
not concerned about selling them, just concerned about longevity if i need to buy another boot
skiermanDamn bro, that's gonna totally trash the resale value of your boots no one will want.




LOL fuck you.
May 25 2024 11:05PM
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KilaTsunami
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The L’s just don’t stop for these K2 boots lol
May 25 2024 11:32PM
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ColoradoDogfart
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How far out are your “limit” screws on your pivot arms? I had mine pushed all the way out and the angle of the arms coming in caused the same issue for me
May 25 2024 11:46PM
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weatcoast
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the shop set the pivot arms to the middle of the adjustment which i think is good since it allows +/- a few milimeters if i ever change boots
ColoradoDogfartHow far out are your “limit” screws on your pivot arms? I had mine pushed all the way out and the angle of the arms coming in caused the same issue for me
May 26 2024 12:25AM
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Juviticus
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Certain boots can be more prone to this it seems. I remember I would always see brand new Lupos with clapped toe lugs after like a month of riding
May 26 2024 8:14PM
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lootlake
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I’ll check the back of my Ft drop kicks but I’m pretty sure my pivot didn't chew up the back of my boots like that
May 28 2024 9:14AM
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BallClapper
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PartyBullshiitToo much forward pressure


Soft plastic.
May 28 2024 10:40AM
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PartyBullshiit
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69Skier69the shop set the pivot arms to the middle of the adjustment which i think is good since it allows +/- a few milimeters if i ever change boots


Back them out some. Your forward pressure is too high. Same thing was happening to my rossignols when the shop set the pressure too high. Back down tested again and now it’s fine. If your forward pressure is set too high it doesn’t matter what brand boot you’re in they’re going to get dented by pivots at that point.
May 28 2024 11:05AM
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lootlake
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vroskiiI’ll check the back of my Ft drop kicks but I’m pretty sure my pivot didn't chew up the back of my boots like that


Mine have no sign of any damage like you have on yours, it’s honestly the first time i check. I checked on the back of the boot and clicking into the bindings
May 28 2024 6:10PM
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weatcoast
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thanks for checking. will back off the forward pressure and not use this ski shop anymore...
May 28 2024 10:26PM
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J_Mendez2001
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this happens because the plastic k2, and full tilt used in the past are really soft because of he rigidity the shape of the boot gives it. This makes it so that the metal bindings are much harder, and will scrape/dent the heel. This would happen with lange superleggeras too, except the langes come with a metal cap that goes on the toe/heel catch to make it not. It might not be a din/forward pressure setting, but just laziness from k2.
May 30 2024 10:02AM
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Bananaredbull
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I got some pivot colour on my boots
Jun 7 2024 3:52PM
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