NickBooras Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Probably a stupid question, but I figured I'd ask. ;) I've got one of our demos sitting in the shop right now waiting for me to tear it apart, and I just wanted to get your take on what would be the best approach. I don't see any reason a heat gun would damage the insert, but my only concern would be breaking down the epoxy that actually holds the aluminum sleeve in the head. What about heating from the inside via a hot rod? Obviously this would probably result in a ruined shaft, but if it's just a crappy Titleist shaft, who cares? What are your thoughts? Thanks! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey3108 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 What about heating from the inside via a hot rod? Obviously this would probably result in a ruined shaft, but if it's just a crappy Titleist shaft, who cares?What are your thoughts? Thanks! Nick That would be the right conservative approach IMO. Titleist paint is to good on handling heat, so hot rod is the best IMO. I've done a few that save the shaft to but they are all heavy weighted shaft and It took me 40 - 50 minutes ( lots of patient ) to get it out nice and clean and they are all from a tour van glue, however if you ask me honestly " would i use that shaft again?", The answer is "NO WAY". I don't thing the strenght is nearly 50%-60% from new. Just to damn risky! FYI, I usually hand pick a long nail for my hot rod and I would pick the right fat-ness of nail to fit some what only have a little play in the shaft, this way i would spread the heat evenly in a quick way. BTW, No questions is a stupid questions! Good Luck! joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBooras Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 That would be the right conservative approach IMO.Titleist paint is to good on handling heat, so hot rod is the best IMO. I've done a few that save the shaft to but they are all heavy weighted shaft and It took me 40 - 50 minutes ( lots of patient ) to get it out nice and clean and they are all from a tour van glue, however if you ask me honestly " would i use that shaft again?", The answer is "NO WAY". I don't thing the strenght is nearly 50%-60% from new. Just to damn risky! FYI, I usually hand pick a long nail for my hot rod and I would pick the right fat-ness of nail to fit some what only have a little play in the shaft, this way i would spread the heat evenly in a quick way. BTW, No questions is a stupid questions! Good Luck! joe Well Joe, I tore two apart today with absolutely no problems. I simply used a heat gun and a shaft extractor, and it came out clean as a whistle, no damage to the aluminum whatsoever! You're spot on about the epoxy, though - it appears that they intentionally use weaker epoxy for these clubs. Usually it takes me about 1.5-2.5 minutes of heat with a heatgun to remove the shaft, but these ones only took me about 30 seconds worth. Easiest Titleists to reshaft by far! Thanks for the help again. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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