AaronB Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 I've got a "old" pair of BD Sabretooth crampons. The new abs plates I just got don't fit.. arrrhh, I need some of the old style ones. Evidentally I can't get any until next week. I'm flying out of Seattle Monday Morning. 2-23 Anyone have any Ideas? Quote
layton Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 Get a pair of scissors (how do you spell that?), some carboard or plastic from a milk jug or 2 liter soda, a pencil, and some ducttape, and maybe even some WD40 if you think it would last. I won't give you more that these clues b/c I don't want to limit your creative genious, but I think you get the jist of it. Quote
AaronB Posted February 17, 2004 Author Posted February 17, 2004 Well, that definatly works.. done it b4.. but hey, at least I learned how to spell "scissors" I think? Quote
Billygoat Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 Why not just duct tape? I just bought some new Sabretooths and did not want to plop down another $17 for thew antibots. *cheap bastard graemlin* Quote
layton Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 As I have found out after duct-taping a pair of step in crampons to my tennis shoes, snow and ice chew up the tape and that's bad m'kay Quote
lummox Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 the gallon jug o milk trick is the ticket. but non-stick cookin spray lasts longer than wd40. Quote
rbw1966 Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 I laid out the bones for the ABS plates after the milk jug finally wore off (after 4 years of pretty regular use). I realized after I tore open the package that the new Sabretooth crampons have holes drilled through the rear cleats to accomodate the attachmens screws for the ABS plates. Since I had the older model Sabres I had to drill the holes. Several hours, two trips to Home Repo and three broken drill bits later I finished drilling those holes. I'll stick with milk jugs and accessory cord from now on. Quote
AaronB Posted February 18, 2004 Author Posted February 18, 2004 I laid out the bones for the ABS plates after the milk jug finally wore off (after 4 years of pretty regular use). I realized after I tore open the package that the new Sabretooth crampons have holes drilled through the rear cleats to accomodate the attachmens screws for the ABS plates. Since I had the older model Sabres I had to drill the holes. Several hours, two trips to Home Repo and three broken drill bits later I finished drilling those holes. I'll stick with milk jugs and accessory cord from now on. Yup,Yup, why didn't you post this YESTERDAY.. but I only had one drill bit break. Quote
Timcb Posted February 18, 2004 Posted February 18, 2004 I ran into the exact same problem, but rather than drilling the holes in my crampons, I just ziptied the hole in the ABS plates to the back of my crampons- works like a charm. Quote
JayB Posted February 18, 2004 Posted February 18, 2004 I actually just pulled the rear bail out, slapped the plate on, and then re-attatched the bail. I've used them on volcano slogs, ice, mixed, scree, etc and they've stayed put with nothing more than the ends of the bail holding them in place. I considered it a stopgap at the time but it seemed to work so well that I haven't bothered to change it. Quote
AaronB Posted February 18, 2004 Author Posted February 18, 2004 Thanks for all the beta peeps.. But my question is Why didn't BD forsee this problem... Or did they? Quote
Terminal_Gravity Posted February 18, 2004 Posted February 18, 2004 The best lubricant I've found is Food Grade Dry silicone in a spray can. In will take a pretty good industrial supply house to find it. The best material to make your own is UHMW plastic...interestingly enough; the forrest park pass signs are made out of it. Quote
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