Wow saddle owners -changing flaps (sorry for yet another question!)

[Ginn]

Today I decided to switch my flaps from dressage to jumping as with any luck I'm hoping to hack at the weekend and Kiri wants to hack next week so won't be schooling for a while.

Didn't have any instructions on changing except what fitter had told me (which screws to take out) so took my time and worked it out, albeit slowly with a fair bit of cursing especially as was being neurotic about not cross threading. Anyway, took about 1 hour to do one side (was at the point of working out who on the forum was close enough to me for me to drive to and ask for help!

) and 5 mins to do other once I think I'd sussed it.

However, I'd been told that the flaps can be angled forward or backward according to what suits me - how do I do this? I simply used the same hole configuration as the dressage flaps were at as I didn't want to **** it up and with the flaps being almost new everything was tight and fiddly anyway.

Could someone explain (ideally with photos if possible)
1. How to chnage the flaps so I can check I've done it correctly before I use it.
2. How to angle the flaps.

Thankies in advance

 

[Bounty]

Have no idea - but have I missed the pic post where you paraded your new saddle?!?!?!

 

[Ginn]

Haven't posted one yet thats why!

Had it fitted Thursday when she was a total pig and refused to settle as the mini digger on the other side of the hegde was trying to eat her (though apparently the pneumatic drill is friendly?!?), Kiri had a ride in it Fri but it took an hour for her to settle on the lunge and another hour trotting circles and serpentines as school is farrr to boring, especially when its windy! Haven't had it on her since as was away the weekend and ill with flu since. Will try and get some pics at the weekend just for you...

 

[I_A_P]

I think if you look on their website there is a demo - or at least a picture of which holes are angled foward and back.

I don't think i can really describe it without doing it!

Changind the flaps wise just undo the one on the pommel ( do one side at a time) and take both screws out underneath. Then take off the ofl flap and position the new and put the under neath ones on first (look at the other side as to which holes to use) and make sure you screw them carefully as to not cross thread.

Then i would normally put the asddle on a chair and do the screw on the pommel.

http://www.flair.uk.com/wow/wowflapposition.htm

 

[Ginn]

Thanks Fran - I did the same thing with taking screws out as you described but will definately do it one side at a time next time as that may explain why it was so fiddly putting the first one back on (too many loose bits of leather).

I had a look at the website but couldn't make sense of how to angle the flaps from it???

 

[Bounty]

She is becoming quite the Madam isn't she!

Am looking forward to pics, but looking forward to meeting you all even more!

Am just umming and aahing about sending off the entry forms for the 22nd at the moment as I have managed to break a finger

At the moment I can just about to manage to ride like a complete gimp, but I have an appointment in the morning for them to make up their minds whether they are going to operate on it, so I guess I will know more then. I can see my carefully planned exposure campaign leading up to her BE debut going utterly down the plug

 

[catembi]

I've never got the hang of all this flaps fwd / flaps back business. The last time the saddler came out, apparently I was doing a bit of both... She sorted it out & now I do one side at a time so I can check I'm doing it right...or rather, o/h does as he's my flaps person!

I'm not that brilliant at doing them, but can do both in 11 minutes without particularly hurrying, so keep practising!!!

 

[flyingfeet]

And this is why I went down the multiple saddle route....

To angle flaps back, you use the second hole down on the flap and it pivots back.

So bascially they are held on the front and the back one dictates whether forward or back.

I think I have all mine pivoted back (jumping ones definitely are), after Ann-Jen kindly pointed out that short arses require angled back flaps to avoid riding like jockeys....

I think my dressage ones are on the backward position too, again I do not need the thigh space being somewhat vertically challenged!

You are also better off with the really long thin screw driver that they may or may not have given you. Stumpy ones are a real pain and using a electric screwdriver increases cross threading risk.

 

[ann-jen]

Yes I'm in the process of getting a second saddle for dressage because I really couldn't be bothered to mess about changing the flaps over. And I'm vertically challenged and so have my jump flaps on the back angle too. In fact when the saddler came with all the different dressage flaps for me to try she only had the long flaps and I could hardly get my leg on Jenny's side as my legs were too short! Needless to say I'm getting the short flaps on the saddle when it comes!