Voile Traverse riser

[Rodbelan]

Do you guys know if you can acces the 4 screws of the riser — Voile Traverse — without taking the binding off? Autrement dit, can you take the riser off the ski with the binding still screwed to the riser? Thanks.

[fisheater]

I cannot do that with my 3- pin Hardwire. So I do not think it is possible on the Traverse.

[lowangle al]

Yes you can, but you'll need a reciprocating saw.

[Rodbelan]

Ok thanks. It means that I would need to put insert in the riser itself. Actually not a bad idea; I could simply use stainless nuts...

[fisheater]

Rod, Voile states on their site that the riser is good for3 or 4 mounts. As Woods likes to say, when you put the screws back in, turn them backwards until the threads fall into their original grooves, then turn them tight

[Rodbelan]

Ok, but I want to swap bindings once in a while; inserts could be a good thing...

[lowangle al]

I've switched bindings multiple times on HW risers without a problem. It never even occurred to me that it might be a problem. Every time feels just as solid as the time before. Inserts might be a good idea if the threads are as deep as the ones on the binding screws.

[Rodbelan]

I think I could easily use some t-nuts on the riser side; that would be real solid...

[JB TELE]

Found this thread with a google search. I have a voile hardwire binding and I had the idea to just buy risers and put them on a second pair of skis. That why I could swap the toe piece and cable. The thought occurred to me that I might end up stripping the plastic. Is it possible to put quiver killer inserts into the plastic?

Also, the holes in the new risers had no threads. Is that intentional? Are you supposed to create threads by forcing the screw into it?

[fisheater]

JB the screws are self tapping.
If you want an opinion about swapping the same binding onto two different skis, as a guy who has been putting things together for over 40 years, I would say that it would work until it fails. The plastic is pretty strong, I think I had correspondence from Voile saying it’s good for 3 or 4 mounts. So realistically it’s probably good for close to ten. Could it be good for 20? I don’t know.
If it fails, you could always epoxy in some blind nuts (Chicago nuts, sex bolts, I’ve heard them called multiple names)

So my real opinion, would be that it would be okay for a while, but if you like the ski binding combo, eventually buy another binding. 75 mm bindings are relatively inexpensive, and they can last the lives of a few skis.