Who do you trust to work on your skis?

After several weeks of hassle last spring, I got Dynafit to replace my defective heel pieces (I had to email them a link to their own recall notification).

With Marmot gone, I'm not sure where to take them to get the work done; have not had the best experience with ProSki, at least in North Bend.

I'm on the east side, so driving them to Fremont or Ballard is not ideal, but I can do.

Suggestions?

Me. But barely.

I do all my own work, but I would consider using these guys: www.worldcupsc.com/ski-service-menu/

Replacing the heel piece is easy. Review diagrams on Wildsnow. When I had to have someone do something I couldn't do myself to my boots/bindings/skis I went to ProSki in Seattle with good results. I wouldn't go to North Bend again and I find REI staffing to be highly variable.

I find REI staffing to be highly variable. 

Thanks, Andrew. I'll check the WildSnow site, but my impression from the spring was that the entire heel piece has to come off the ski and the new piece installed. So either new holes drilled and the old filled, or helicoils.

And yes, agreed, I wouldn't trust REI staff to recommend batteries, much less work on a piece of critical winter mountaineering gear like skis.

Depends on who mounted them first (and the ski; Dynamist with plastic inserts could be a problem)--if the screws were overtightened to the point of stripping, then the holes might need inserts. Skimo sells an insert kit for $50. If you would rather drill new holes; that is not too hard either. Download a template from Wildsnow or Tetongravity or slidewright. I bought a good drill bit for mounting skis for something like $19 from Tognar and it has proved useful--I've mounted binding of at least 6 pairs of skis with it; it has a stop that keeps it from going too deep. The high concern is just making sure the hole is clean and deep enough for the screws (can't be overstated). On my skis with a good wood core, I heated the screws to soften the epoxy and removed them; I then cleaned the screws thoroughly and cleaned the holes thoroughly. Then I mounted the new bases with epoxy. The screws tightened down well, suggesting there would be no problem; and there has been none to date.