Head boots and TD1 step-ins - making them work

[skategoat]

Has anyone taken a Dremel or a file to their Head boots to make them work with TD1 step-ins? If so, any photos?

[bobdea]

I remember bob Jenney doing this to work with the td2

[skategoat]

Do TD2s have the same issue? The top of the step-in receiver collides with the boot shell and I can't get the boot seated properly.

[bobdea]

yes, similar anyway

[RideT-Line]

You can grind down the heel receiver. Search the site, a post or two will get into this alittle. My son wants to go to step-in with his Pro's, I think i will grind the receiver before the boot (?), $15 vs $300.

[tex1230]

You can grind down the heel receiver. Search the site, a post or two will get into this alittle. My son wants to go to step-in with his Pro's, I think i will grind the receiver before the boot (?), $15 vs $300.

huh? did I read that correctly?

you're going to compromise the metal rather than grinding away some plastic?

[RideT-Line]

Just a thought, pending on the fit. If only a few ml have to come down, off goes the plastic. If major work is needed , receiver could get the work. Or I could just take his new pros and give him my old boots that work just fine...he would :AR15firinme

[D-Sub]

the new head boots seem to have a larger indent for the intec receiver. Doesnt seem to be an issue

I'd grind boot before binding, without question. should only require a tiny bit of material removal. A chisel might work better as you can shape the cut exactly like the intec receiver.

[RideT-Line]

best news today, really didnt want grind anything. I'll see friday night. thanks

[Sinecure]

its easy to grind the boot. there's tons of material there so you aren't compromising anything. Its a 5 minute job. Put the boots into the binding w/out griding. You'll have to press hard to get them in. Then you'll have little marks in the boot plastic that'll show you where you need to grind.

I can post pics on the weekend if anyone needs them.

Nevermind. I found some old pics that I think were posted before. On the right you can see the mark, on the left the boot has been marked to be ground a bit.

[skategoat]

What'd you use to do the cutting? Dremel? Knife? File?

[Sinecure]

Dremel. Although I used a flat-head screwdriver the other day to make a friend's work before we could get to a dremel and smooth it down.

[willywhit]

Dremel. Although I used a flat-head screwdriver the other day to make a friend's work before we could get to a dremel and smooth it down.

crack torch and a HOT screwdriver??