Helpful, easy skate modification

[Spencerhs5]

As many of you know I had been having issues with my new mission pads boot strap rubbing along the wheels no matter where i placed it with my bauer goalie skates. I have done a mod which I think will fix this. I went out to home depot with my skates and went to the plumbing isle for PVC. The 1/4" seemed too easy to put through the between the chassis and boot so I bought the 3/8". In hindsight the 1/4" might've been easier to use. The main issue i had been having is that the strap if placed where it was designed to go directly under the boot would get caught in the middle wheel of the 5 wheel setup. (Many others have experienced this and just placed the strap in the heel hole of the chassis, but that didnt work well for me) Anyways, here is what i did.

Cut a small portion of the PVC, wider then the chassis but more narrow then the boot. With the 3/8" i had to kind of spin the pvc to get it between the boot and chassis all the way across, put the skate on and it felt like a lump was in the boot so I took the PVC out and realized that it had been pressing on the boot, so i took some pliers and flattened it out somewhat, you could also use a hammer. (this is why the 1/4" might've been better to use) Move it all the way down the chassis toward the middle wheel and figure out exactly where you want it. Pull it back a little bit and place a little liquid nails under the boot on both sides. Push the PVC back into place and smear the Liquid Nails around the PVC. Allow to dry.

This creates a barricade so that the strap will no longer get caught. I have games tomorrow and sunday. 2 of which are big games so I will report on how this works when I get back. The only drawback I can see is that the toe bridge string will have to go over the PVC hump, shouldnt really effect anything though.

Hope that makes sense and helps!

[moose]

Originally Posted by Spencerhs5

The main issue i had been having is that the strap if placed where it was designed to go directly under the boot would get caught in the middle wheel of the 5 wheel setup.

insted of doing all these mods people just think about it. i had the same problem and all i did was make sure that the lace when put through the middle hole was pulled right to the very front of the opening tied tight it wonk backwords either

[Spencerhs5]

i think the straps on most pads are too wide for that, i know mine are.

[Huntster]

I am surprised you had problems running the strap through the back post on your skates.

[Spencerhs5]

fyi, the mod didnt work, took a shot to the skate and the glue didnt hold

[jcourt39]

I had this problem due to velocity style one strap under the boot. I fixed it by attaching a small piece of metal using the wheel bolt and wedging it against the cowling. worked fine for months!