Dave P

Again, I'm not in the industry, but in ours, in situations where the manufacture " digs in " usually the retailer can get involved and make some calls to help out. Often times a solution can be reached, one that's often done is to split it in thirds with each party being responsible for 1/3rd the cost of repair or replacement.....manufacture , dealer, customer. You somehow need to find the right contact at Bauer.....somebody who can actually make a decision vs. the canned reply of "better luck next time". Seems like if the skate took a hit to do that kind of damage the player might remember it....... Dave

I'm not in tune with how hockey company's usually deal with "issues" but I'd very definitely be revisiting this with Bauer, Politely point out the 5 days out of warranty when you found it and how skaters are pretty brand loyal when it comes to skates.They can keep or loose a customer. Do this both verbally and in writing. Sometimes it's not about the costs.......it's what's right. Kid's going to need several pairs of skates over the next few years.....if they wouldn't help me it would be the last piece of any Bauer equipment I'd EVER buy! Dave

Thanks for the ideas, just ordered a new holder, should help the thought process when I get eyeballs on it's inside surface. Dave

I thought about the plate, but only need to do this on the right boot and don't want to raise the boot height. I can fixture the boot ( some what securely ) onto a mill and offset the holes accurately. If I do this I'll buy a new holder and slot it to test the needed offset before drilling the boot. From what I've been able to read I might not need as much as initially thought. Not sure I'd trust the slotted holder long term....maybe with some reinforcement washers as mentioned above. Dave

Thank for the reply, I have a machine shop and was also thinking of making some small U shaped "washers" to fit the recess where the rivets sit in the holder, then slot the holders. This will work on the outside but there's not room on the inside of the holder without getting into the main body of it and the potential of stress cracks. Any issues to watch for if i just re-drill the boot? I'd have to think I'm not the first person to want to move the blade over a bit, I know figure skaters and speed skaters do it all the time. Dave

Is there a good way to shift the blade holder medially ( toward inside of skate) maybe around 5mm? Skates are new 1X Vapors. Re drilling the skate and filling the existing holes are about the only option I see. The bottom of the skate has just enough room for the offset. Thank You Dave