Camilo wrote in news:4bda3f26-88f3-4eac-858b-
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On Dec 23, 7:50 pm, mike wrote:
The rubber plugs in my Solomon Profil bindings keep falling off after
about 3 years. I have replaced a few of them but the new ones also
fell off after a few months. That makes me feel that I may not have
installed the plugs correctly. All I did was to push the plug into
the binding and make sure that the metal pin is in the slot.

Is that the right installation procedure?

... Mike

that's what I do. Something that seems to be important thought - I
make sure the little pins are really well seated. I use the tip of my
ski pole (because that's almost always where I'm dealing with it, on
the snow). At home, any tool with fine, strong point would do. But
get the pins well seated into the slots.


I'm having this problem right now with one of my bindings. The pins won't
stay seated in the slot anymore. My guess is that the slot wears and
won't hold the pin in place. I spoke to two ski technicians who said that
when it keeps popping out, the entire binding needs to be replaced.

One of the technicians said that this was a common problem with the
profil classic binding and took the opportunity to try to sell me on
switching to the pilot classic bindings. I look at those and certain
parts (like the plastic rear hook and spring loaded strap) don't look
like they will hold up very well over the long run. Not to mention the
costs and hassle involved in buying new boots, etc.

I'd love to find a solution to this. If it really is the fact that it's
worn and won't stay in place, I might try a little epoxy in the slot
before I junk the binding.