SilverUberXeno
El Tigre Blanco
- Jul 26, 2005
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A chum and I were doing a shaft swap; a VS Proto out of a Wishon 3W head and into a Nickent 4DX 3W head. Upon removing the shaft that was in the 4DX head initially, I noticed a very irritating rattle. I inspected the club further and found that the hosel was open right into the head, so I started shaking the clubhead attempting to either remove the rattling object, or let it catch itself in the glue that was presumably in the head.
45 minutes later...
Despite my marathon-strength-forearms, I could not shake out the problem. It was either too big to come out, or just fussy enough to where it WOULDN'T come out. And we didn't have any of that mouse glue to put in there to catch it.
Idea 1:
I bent a zip-tie in half, stuck it down into the head, shook it, and pulled the zip tie out. The plan here was to "catch" the thing in the bent zip-tie and forcibly remove it. No luck.
Idea 2:
Fill the head with water and flush out the obstruction. This was clearly stupid, so I didn't bother with this one. Water doesn't shrink things.
Idea 3: Get some epoxy down into the head for lack of mousey glue... but how?
A trip to the bathroom led to this epiphany...
Four straws were gathered, and epoxy was mixed. I sucked 3/4 of the straw full of epoxy, inserted it into the clubhead, and carefully expelled some into the head. Shook the obstruction in the direction of the new epoxy, and... voila!
Now someone tell me how horrible a mistake I've made x_x. It's currently curing, shaft and all, pretty as can be.
45 minutes later...
Despite my marathon-strength-forearms, I could not shake out the problem. It was either too big to come out, or just fussy enough to where it WOULDN'T come out. And we didn't have any of that mouse glue to put in there to catch it.
Idea 1:
I bent a zip-tie in half, stuck it down into the head, shook it, and pulled the zip tie out. The plan here was to "catch" the thing in the bent zip-tie and forcibly remove it. No luck.
Idea 2:
Fill the head with water and flush out the obstruction. This was clearly stupid, so I didn't bother with this one. Water doesn't shrink things.
Idea 3: Get some epoxy down into the head for lack of mousey glue... but how?
A trip to the bathroom led to this epiphany...
Four straws were gathered, and epoxy was mixed. I sucked 3/4 of the straw full of epoxy, inserted it into the clubhead, and carefully expelled some into the head. Shook the obstruction in the direction of the new epoxy, and... voila!
Now someone tell me how horrible a mistake I've made x_x. It's currently curing, shaft and all, pretty as can be.