bobbybeantown

You said it Jack, what the hell were they thinking, "Lets make a board that can cut thru ice like nothing while doing mach 2 but make the binding inserts out of butter! Yeah, yeah sounds like a good idea, its not like there will be any torque on that area!" Silly.

Beckman AG, What is your email address? It just brings me to the bomber email which still doesn't let me attach to it, if you want just shoot me one at yankssuck99@aol.com and I will reply with the pics. Thanks John, It was the rear that is having the problems, at this point I think I will have all the inserts repaired to be proactive and not have to worry about them again on the mountain. Actually when I first had this problem I was riding with you and a bunch of other guys at Sunapee and my whole back binding ripped off the board twice and I had to do some "repairs" there so I could still ride it, it was maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I think it was the same day that you had the teleboarding accident.

Those are the worst of the damage that I posted up.

I wasn't sure how to upload them to this site so I just posted the pics on my facebook page, here are the addresses. If you don't have a facebook acct any other suggestions to get them on here would be great. Here are the addresses; http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=134657&id=100000445615684 http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=134658&id=100000445615684 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=134657&id=100000445615684#!/photo.php?pid=134658&id=100000445615684&fbid=105672336124286

I will post some pics of the horror tonight.

The timesert is pretty much the same as a helicoil, it just is a little stronger which is why I wanted to use those. But at this point I just want to find someone that has done this on a board before and hopefully send it out to them and get it done right without taking any chances.

I have a older Madd 158 slalom (brown topsheet with the face on it) with the bronze inserts that have been in rough condition since I got it and now got to the point were I couldn't even tighten the bindings down. I tried to put timeserts in the holes because I have done it numerous times on cars with no problem. This time I had a big problem, I got two in and then the third broke off at the lower point and is not even usable at this point. I stopped at that point in fear of doing any more damage and im hoping that someone has done this before or knows someone that will put all new inserts in for me. Any help or contacts would be great, im down my favorite board right now and I know I probably won't ride it again this season but just want to get it fixed right and be ready for next. Thanks in advance.