It's mostly liability. After a certain amount of time the binding manufacturers remove bindings from their indemnified (safe) list. They say that after an amount of time the mechanisms/springs could not function properly and potentially the binding would not work appropriately.
*They could by all means be perfectly fine, but shops wouldn't be covered by the manufacturers liability on the bindings if they did any work to them and they did end up failing.
So, two fold:
Binding manufacturers don't want skiers on bindings that might not function properly.
Shops don't want to work on bindings that they aren't covered for liability on.
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Originally Posted by dubc80
What's the theory behind some (all?) shops not wanting to adjust ski bindings that are 10+ years old?
Not questioning it, just curious.
I have a few pairs of kids skis/boots which were handed down to my kids from older niece's and nephews. When I was calling around to get prices /availability this was one of the questions posed to me which was a surprise.
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