bigwavedave Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I discovered a heel pad axle working its way out the other day and just tapped it back in. I discovered it after I felt my heel lifting a little bit after clipping in. I found one working its way out once years ago. I can't remember if I tried taking it apart to see if there is anything other than friction holding the axle in place. Anybody dealt with this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slabber Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) New ones have a circlip. Presume not on yours? Edited February 1, 2023 by slabber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slabber Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Sorry, this is SW SI - I have a new pair of uppers on my desk. I see the front doesn't have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Yes, I forgot to mention that these are standard clip in. Without taking them apart, my memory is that there is no retention clip hidden somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dredman Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 After looking at my bindings, yours should look like @slabber's photo with an e-clip to prevent it from sliding out. The toe part of the SW binding appears to be pressed into place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, dredman said: After looking at my bindings, yours should look like @slabber's photo with an e-clip to prevent it from sliding out. The toe part of the SW binding appears to be pressed into place. I have standard, not step-in heels. Yes, appears to be pressed in, like the toe. I'm a little worried that having worked itself out once that it might easily do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slabber Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 I'd say try contacting Walker @bomber to get his input. Loctite makes a bunch of different assembly 'adhesives' - maybe something like that is warranted. I'm relatively new to TD bindings so can't offer more than that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Call Walker first... A trick for a pressed shaft that's moving is to peen the sides of the shaft in the area that engages the press-fit area. i.e. put it on something heavy like a vise, take a punch and hit it to make a dimple. The steel around the dimple will rise and engage the sides of the hole better. Do this in 3 or 4 spots around the diameter before pressing back in. You don't need much of a dimple. Loctite bearing retention compounds work well too, but more expensive and you need to clean everything very well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Update: After tapping it back in I've been keeping an eye on it and it started working out again today. Called walker and he said to try making notches in the hole with a punch. I did that and gobbed some sticky vibratite in there. That should slow it down if it doesn't stop it. Then I ordered a new heel pad assembly, so the old one will become a spare. These were bindings that I picked up used (and maybe abused). I suspect this is not a common problem with td3sw since I couldn't find another thread about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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