Snowshoe Binding Reinforcement

Seattle Sports made a snowshoe before discontinuing it; they sold their stock to Amazon who sold them for under $50. And for good reason; the bindings break when they get cold - not great for a snowshoe. Replacements cost as much as the snowshoe, so I thought I'd create a reinforcement to minimize breaking (I also used to to rejoin a binding that completely broke in half).

I used #10-32 x 5/8" zinc bolts with large washers on the top and smaller ones on the bottom with Thread Lock Red to pr