Prior Metal Issue

[rschneid]

Ok, well now I am very sad. I looked down at my board this morning, getting off the lift at WhiteTail (PA) and said what the $%&*^ is that stick trailing after my board? Then I realized oh sh_t! Thats the edge of my board coming off. I took it off and switched to board B (my Nidecker). I got back home and called Prior (not really expecting anyone to answer on Saturday after 4PM EST) and lo and behold JC answered the phone. I have no idea if they are are not going to fix it under warranty or not. I only know it was nice to talk to a person. He asked me to send pics, I did, and he says they will look at them and tell me what to do. So "props" to Prior for being there and caring.

No matter what I have to have that board back. The difference between my Prior WCR Metal and my Nidecker is Night and Day.

Rich Schneider

[Chris Houghton]

So that's the tail of the board, not the nose, right? Maybe got bashed in somehow and came loose? All that "rust" if that's what it is looks kinda weird, like the board has been split for a while and the water has been sitting in there.

[rschneid]

Yes that is the tail, and yes it looks like rust to me too. How it got in there and stayed there is a mystery to me.

Rich S.

[KingCrimson]

How recently had you tuned it? You certainly would have noticed if it was coming out at the point, might be a good judge of whether water was sitting or not.

[snowboardfast]

You could probably fix that yourself with 2 ton epoxy and clamps. Use 2 ton because it doessn't get brittle. You can get 2 ton epoxy at almost any hardware store. Make sure that the area is dry and clean before you do it. I fixed my Dupraz earlier this week with that although it was a different problem. I fixed another board last year that was delaminating at the tail last year. Not hard to do. I use Quick Grip clamps- the small ones. If the edge is just pulled out and the board is not splitting apart you might be able to glue it and tape the edge to hold it in place. You might call prior and ask if that kind of epoxy is okay but I bet it will work.

[Thor VonRippington]

easy fix that wont hurt performance since it's on the tail

[ShortcutToMoncton]

I had something kinda similar happen to my "as-new sale" WCR in January 2007; the metal edge on the tail cracked off, and the base started to delam. I don't ride fakie and the board was in otherwise almost-new condition after about 4 days on it.

I sent it back to them and they ended up charging me cost to fix it ($25 or something like that), because they claimed I must've hit something. After a couple weeks I got it back, took it to Louise, and made it halfway down the hill on my first run before I heard a "thwup-thwp" sound on my heelside – and sure enough, it was in exactly the same condition again. Phoned Prior, they said "we'll fix it again" and I said "eff that – I've already wasted a month of riding" and they charged me $100 re-stocking fee, plus shipping again, to send it back to them.

Then a couple weeks later it was back on their "used" page for $50 cheaper than I'd paid for it in the first place. I was rather unhappy with Prior after that one, I must say. ;)

greg

[rschneid]

ok thanks to everyone (especially snowboardfast). I talked to JC at Prior and while he was ready to fix it for free, the shipping was going to be a lot and it was possibly going to prevent me from having my board at Aspen on the 24rth. So I used Devcon 2 ton as suggested and it seems to be fine. It definitely looks like its solidly in there and it passed test on day one at White Tail. So thanks everyone!

Rich S.

[Pat Donnelly]

After a day on the hill I used to stand my board up against a wall in the garage until I noticed the snow melt puddling and RUST starting to develop on the metal edge. Boards are now racked horizontally to prevent this issue. If allowed to develop I would think it could travel and perhaps weaken it's bond?