P18 Wide Brakes Tutorial (with pictures!)
No you can't buy wide brakes for P18's. However, you can make them. If you follow these instructions and kill your bindings or yourself... don't blame me... you're the dumbass with lousy shop skills.
Now, here's how:
What you'll need:
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Look P18's or Rossi FKS 185's; a Posi-drive screw driver; a large bladed flat screw driver; an old ski pole, bike seat, or pipe; a metric ruler; and a vise.
I'm using a set of nearly new Rossi FKS 185's that I bought off of e-bay. Some sucker cut the brakes off because he didn't know the bendy trick. Fortunately, I had an extra pair of brakes laying around.
First step is to remove the semi-circle piece on the top of the bindings behind the brake pad. Shown here:
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Second step is to turn the binding over and use your screw driver to bend the small metal tab at the front of the binding up and out of the way. Don't go over board here because you'll need to bend it back when everything gets put back together.
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Once that is done, insert the blade of the screw driver beneath the metal plate at the back of the binding. Do not torque it upwards as that will break a small plastic tab that is important to holding the binding heel together. Simply slide the screw driver towards the front of the binding and the metal plate should pop off.
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With the metal plate off, you can begin taking apart the binding.
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