skategoat Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Has anyone taken a Dremel or a file to their Head boots to make them work with TD1 step-ins? If so, any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 I remember bob Jenney doing this to work with the td2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 yes, similar anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT-Line Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT-Line Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT-Line Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 best news today, really didnt want grind anything. I'll see friday night. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 What'd you use to do the cutting? Dremel? Knife? File? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 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?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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