Setting tension on Rott Chili's/exterior spring bindings

[Woodserson]

I picked up a pair of Rossi Big Bangs with some Chili's on them. Is there any secret sauce to adjustment, or just tighten the springs down until the heel lever snaps in place with what FEEEEEEELS like the good tension? Running T4's on these...

[SanJuanSam]

Nice, almost picked up a NOS pair of chili's at a ski swap but decided against them. As far as tension goes, I'd tighten them the same as if they were any other binding. Exactly what you said, till the heel throw snaps and feels good, but I like to make sure the heel throw is centered laterally with respect to the heel plate and it doesn't compress the boot too much. Did they come with the little wrench?

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[oldschool]

there are likely two levels of "tight enough" that you could use - I ski these bindings on both my downhill tele skis with Merrell Comps to drive them.

Twist them a ways and you'll hit the "decent tension" snap which I use for most mellow cruising.

If you want to make the bindings a little more active you can tighten a bit more than that and you will feel your heel being actively pulled down toward the ski (resisting flex forward). This can be good for skiing much harder stuff - steeps and hard quick turns.

Most of my skiing is at decent tension - but helps to up the tension sometimes. See what you think.

I find they work fine for me but I've never skied on anything else more serious for downhill tele.