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[RC] Retrofitting Epics (or "Fun with EZ Boots") - Lucy Chaplin Trumbull

Well, after trying to add a gaiter to a new EZ boot
last night, I already see why my farrier advised me
to buy some longer screws ahead of time. <g>

I like the part where it says in the instructions
"Use the screw as a lever to pull the gaiter around".
Yeah, right. I managed to screw one in and that was it.
Mucho fumbling and cursing ensued until I gave up
attaching more than one screw.

My new gaiter came with four golden nuts in a small
packet and the instructions insist that I must use
those instead of the ones already in the boot. I
removed one of the original ones from the boot and
it appears to be exactly the same as the four that
came with the gaiter. Is there some special secret
reason I *have* to use the new ones (thus taking all
the strap-stuff etc apart)?

Why do they give you those golden nuts, but not
longer screws?

Another question - will an old-style EZ boot strap fit
on a new-style EZ boot?

I lost an EZ boot half-way down California Loop at the
weekend, but was lucky enough to notice, go back, and
find it sitting in the middle of the trail.

It turned out the back strap had broken and was flapping
out the back of the boot. I was glad that it didn't just
get yanked off my horse's foot for no reason, but not so
good in terms of keeping it on. <grr> (not sure I like
the spiffy new design of the strap).

I'm going to call EZ Care for a replacement strap tomorrow,
but in the meantime until it arrives I wondered about
dismantling one of my old, size 1 boots to put onto the
new-style size 0 boot?

And lastly, has anyone else had problems with the cable
slipping sideways where it loops around that white nylon
washer-thing at the side and sort of smooshing down and
mangling the boot? I've had this happen on two boots now.
Perhaps I just need to make sure the screws are tight?



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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
elsietee AT foothill DOT net
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California
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