Message #16448

[Svend]

You can reuse the screw holes on a Speedplate several times.  Not sure what the limit is, but I recall hearing something like 3 or 4 times.  Anyone else know the answer? I have done this on Head and Fischer plates at least twice, and had good screw adhesion.  If you're worried about the screw slowly working its way out, perhaps a threadlocker like Loctite or Permatex would help.  Just make sure the solvents in there are OK for plastic.

But I think you can safely move the binding, with confidence that if you don't like it you can move it back again without worrying about your safety.  However, you will want to try and engage the same thread grooves with the screws when you reinsert them in a previously used hole.  If you cross-thread, I think you will weaken the hole by basically cutting a new thread in the plastic and mashing things up in there.