has this happend to anyone else? bindings come clean off. - Snowboarding Forum

01-10-2009, 08:44 PM

alright so here's what happend. I was up snowboarding for weekend and i was on about my 7th run. i was almost to the bottom and i was headed to the lift when my foot came off the board, bindings and all. turns out it was just that the screws had become loose over time. i was just wondering if this has happend to anyone else.

01-10-2009, 08:56 PM

Watch The Boned Age same thing happens to Scotty Lago....

MunkySpunk · 01-10-2009, 09:46 PM

Go to your nearest hardware store and ask for blue threadlock. It's a small tube and costs about $5. That's what the blue spots on the screws straight from the binding mfg are. With all the vibration and shifts in temperature, it's expected they come loose over time.

Threadlock - every screw, every season.

legallyillegal · 01-10-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sno-bored

alright so here's what happend. I was up snowboarding for weekend and i was on about my 7th run. i was almost to the bottom and i was headed to the lift when my foot came off the board, bindings and all. turns out it was just that the screws had become loose over time. i was just wondering if this has happend to anyone else.

1. Check your screws once in a while.
2. Loctite them. Even old and dried out threadlocker is better than nothing.

01-10-2009, 10:30 PM

thanks for the advice. since then i check them every time before going out, but i'll be sure to threadlock (or locktite) them.

01-10-2009, 11:03 PM

Not completely off, but somehow I managed to lose two screws and I could spin the binding in a complete 360. That happened about midrun, and I figured it was probably safer to walk down the rest of the trail. Felt so damn lame.

legallyillegal · 01-11-2009, 12:21 AM

See, if you had non-Burton bindings, you could have lost 2 screws and still be fine.

Dawg Catcher · 01-11-2009, 12:54 AM

now you learn the importance of an equipment check before you hit the mountain. I always run a complete check from jacket to board the night before takes about 15 min and its well worth saving the embarrassment of walking down a run or potentially hurting yourself

Vlaze · 01-11-2009, 01:14 AM

Make sure you get the CORRECT blue loctite. There are different types, get the one applicable for metal on metal.

And let it cure 12-24 hours before use.

01-11-2009, 04:02 AM

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Make sure you get the CORRECT blue loctite. There are different types, get the one applicable for metal on metal.

What's the deal with this? I saw on an instruction sheet for a pair of Burton bindings that they recommend not to use loctite. I usually use the stuff and was sort of startled by this warning.

01-10-2009, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sno-bored Guest Posts: n/a	has this happend to anyone else? bindings come clean off. alright so here's what happend. I was up snowboarding for weekend and i was on about my 7th run. i was almost to the bottom and i was headed to the lift when my foot came off the board, bindings and all. turns out it was just that the screws had become loose over time. i was just wondering if this has happend to anyone else.

01-11-2009, 12:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
legallyillegal -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: fuck Snowboarding Posts: 4,446	See, if you had non-Burton bindings, you could have lost 2 screws and still be fine. __________________ THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS AS TO WHY I AM MORE LOCAL THAN YOU GOD IS DONUT

01-11-2009, 01:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
Vlaze Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Varies Posts: 1,173	Make sure you get the CORRECT blue loctite. There are different types, get the one applicable for metal on metal. And let it cure 12-24 hours before use. __________________ Government - If you think the problems they created are bad, just wait until you see their solutions. Screw being normal

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01-10-2009, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
lonewolf99701 Guest Posts: n/a	Watch The Boned Age same thing happens to Scotty Lago....

01-10-2009, 09:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
MunkySpunk -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Berkshires Posts: 3,212	Go to your nearest hardware store and ask for blue threadlock. It's a small tube and costs about $5. That's what the blue spots on the screws straight from the binding mfg are. With all the vibration and shifts in temperature, it's expected they come loose over time. Threadlock - every screw, every season.

01-10-2009, 10:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sno-bored Guest Posts: n/a	thanks for the advice. since then i check them every time before going out, but i'll be sure to threadlock (or locktite) them.

01-10-2009, 11:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
PopN Guest Posts: n/a	Not completely off, but somehow I managed to lose two screws and I could spin the binding in a complete 360. That happened about midrun, and I figured it was probably safer to walk down the rest of the trail. Felt so damn lame.

01-11-2009, 12:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dawg Catcher Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Back to Arizona Posts: 915	now you learn the importance of an equipment check before you hit the mountain. I always run a complete check from jacket to board the night before takes about 15 min and its well worth saving the embarrassment of walking down a run or potentially hurting yourself