Volkyl Renntiger insert problems

[Steve Dold]

Cripes...I know it's Volkl, not Volkyl :rolleyes:

Has else anyone had problems with new Renntigers having severely screwed up inserts from the factory? This has happened to me twice in a row, with a 173 and a 178, fresh from the wrapper with the factory stickers. In both boards I had serious difficulty threading screws into about half the inserts.

These are either last year's models, or the year before, all-black with a faint tiger striping on the rear half.

I love riding these things but if these two boards are any indication, I'm done with them.

It wasn't just a little resin in the threads either. It took a LOT more than just chasing the threads down. It took cutting oil and time. They were really screwed up. One was so bad it had to be taken up to 1/4-28. Eyeballing the threads was interesting, some turns actually converged.

Does anyone know how much an insert is actually weakened by tapping to 1/4-28? That one is now the best-fitting of all the inserts.

[Jon Dahl]

'cause I'm suffering from the same problem, only with one insert that finally let go at my first day at SES. The 1/4 by 28 retap is a good strong fix, so don't worry. My board was not a second, but an end of season special. I'm thinking some quality control issues must be there, and possibly those inserts are a little soft. Your screws may be part of the problem also (catek and bomber excluded)

[P06781]

I had one front insert let go...stripped? I let the screw get loose and rode on it all day with td1's . I used a longer screw and it still holds yet but now will check them after every day out riding.

Jim