Longboarder09

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Hey all, I am thinking of planning a trip to upstate NY at the end of Jan, either to Windham or Hunter Mountain for a weekend, and was wondering which resort you locals prefer for carving and what runs are particularly good? Is there anything I should watch out for? Thanks!

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Edit: passing on these

Still looking

For sure. Many many shoddily drilled, large holes and Dremel cuts, none of which line up to the holes in the heel, are not. When I showed my SO my err.. handiwork? she winced and said "there's no way in heck you're riding those again." ...and that sealed it. Guess I can still use the tongues, liner, and buckles as spare parts.

Yep, still looking! Unfortunately I actually damaged my original boots beyond repair on the second attempt (drill press turned out to be a no no)

I asked for shipping, and he won't do it.

weekend bump

Ah sorry, noticed cash only. If any fellow Bombers in CO could pick these up and send them my way, I'd be eternally grateful (send PM). Otherwise, good luck with sale, OP!

What tools do you recommend for punching out the T nuts? I tried using a hammer and rubber mallet and a metal rod to drive the T nut out, but it doesn't seem to budge.

Ok, damage report time. Right boot is rather messed up currently, left is better off as I didn't attempt to drill anything deeper. Any chance at recovering these? Right heel- oops. Left heel Right sole Left sole.

Looking for M27 boots, preferably secondhand Deeluxe Track 325, 225, 700, or UPZ RC10 or RC8. Must be intec compatible. Heels must be taken off before they are sent my way. Thanks.

Well, I think I trashed this set of boots. The heads did end up popping off after drilling considerably deeper than the picture with a slightly larger bit. However, vice grips could not get the shafts out- either the shafts were deformed due to too deep drilling with too thin of a bit, or the outer coating with scrape off, providing no grip. Dremeled the shafts relatively flat, but failed to drill new holes that were centered and perpendicular to the plane, though I did use a center tap and increasing bit diameters. Anyway, now looking for a new pair of boots, M27, else my season is over before it even began this year. Let me know what you have... Thanks everyone for all your help though. This certainly has been enlightening.

Brilliant- I'm surprised that this didn't click sooner- drill through and keep the original T nuts and slip new SS ones in. This is what I have so far.

So just to clarify, when drilling the head off of screws, is the idea to have a relatively shallow drill hole and progressively increase the bit diameter until the final bit is close to the diameter of the head itself, or is the point to drill through the shaft through the entire boot, taking off a little of the original T nut in the process? Last night, I used a drill bit that, I believe, was close in size to the shaft diameter, however I drilled a hole deeper than the head of the screw with no luck getting the head to pop off. Perhaps I need a larger diameter bit? Hopefully I'll have access to a drill press and a milling machine tonight, as the batteries on my cordless are completely shot and won't hold much charge.

I gave Easy-out extractors a try and it was unsuccessful- I'd assume partly due to the fact that the screw and original t-nut are rusted completely through and won't budge.

Thanks for all of the replies! Would there be any demonstrations on youtube or the like to see what this procedure (drilling off a screw head with a hand drill) looks like before attempting this for the first time? Which sized T nuts should work with Deeluxe 325 boots? Thanks!

Anyone have any luck with screw extractors for this?

Edit: Just kidding, I guess I do have the tools required to fix this! ;)

Hey all, While attempting to switch my heels from standard to intec, I've noticed that the screws fastening the heel have completely rusted through, making the screw unable to turn at all without stripping. Has anyone encountered this/ suggest any ways to remove the screws/heels? At this point, I'm seriously considering cutting the heel pad off if possible. Thanks!

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All set. Thanks!