Broke a titanal II binding toe piece - kaint figger it out

Big air off a cornice, face plant type of fall, broken toe piece.

Visually the toe piece is intact, it just wiggles freely side to side. Took
it apart as far as I could and compared it to the good one, cannot figure it
out.

The release adjustment screw doesn't seem tighten the din setting gauge at
all. If I tighten it down all the way (reverse threads) the binding becomes
non-release. But any loosening at all and the thing just flops around and
the din guage is at 0. That screw doesn't come all the way out as far as I
can tell and I can't quite figure out how to get it apart to look inside.

Its almost like a spring inside the toe piece assembly got stretch out of
tension?

Any experience with this failure mode?

Cheers
DMT

In article , wrote:
Big air off a cornice, face plant type of fall, broken toe piece.

Visually the toe piece is intact, it just wiggles freely side to side. Took
it apart as far as I could and compared it to the good one, cannot figure it
out.


I could be that the toepiece retaining screw (on the top of the toepiece)
has come loose. About the only thing I know about these bindings, and
this is 'cause both my gf and daughter ski them regularly, is that you
need to tighten that thing periodically.

Our procedure is to take a piece of notebook paper and put in under the
boot toe where the afd meets the boot sole, then tighten until this piece
of paper has be pulled out under sufficient friction to require a moderate
force.

The release adjustment screw doesn't seem tighten the din setting gauge at
all. If I tighten it down all the way (reverse threads) the binding becomes
non-release. But any loosening at all and the thing just flops around and
the din guage is at 0. That screw doesn't come all the way out as far as I
can tell and I can't quite figure out how to get it apart to look inside.


I don't know about the release adjustment, but I can say with no doubt
that that binding acts really funny if the toepiece isn't attached with
the proper amount of force.

good luck,
john

ps One other thing I've learned about the toepiece: Take a spare with you
anytime you're in the bc...

Thanks John. Nope, its not the toe piece screw (the big screw on top). Its
the din screw that goes in the front of the little black widget on the front
of the binding that's whacked.

That toe piece screw you're talking about doesn't affect the din guage
setting afaik.

DMT
"John Red-Horse" wrote in message
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In article , wrote:
Big air off a cornice, face plant type of fall, broken toe piece.

Visually the toe piece is intact, it just wiggles freely side to side.
Took
it apart as far as I could and compared it to the good one, cannot figure
it
out.


I could be that the toepiece retaining screw (on the top of the toepiece)
has come loose. About the only thing I know about these bindings, and
this is 'cause both my gf and daughter ski them regularly, is that you
need to tighten that thing periodically.

Our procedure is to take a piece of notebook paper and put in under the
boot toe where the afd meets the boot sole, then tighten until this piece
of paper has be pulled out under sufficient friction to require a moderate
force.

The release adjustment screw doesn't seem tighten the din setting gauge
at
all. If I tighten it down all the way (reverse threads) the binding
becomes
non-release. But any loosening at all and the thing just flops around and
the din guage is at 0. That screw doesn't come all the way out as far as
I
can tell and I can't quite figure out how to get it apart to look inside.


I don't know about the release adjustment, but I can say with no doubt
that that binding acts really funny if the toepiece isn't attached with
the proper amount of force.

good luck,
john

ps One other thing I've learned about the toepiece: Take a spare with you
anytime you're in the bc...