Jeff, I had that happen with a head and I returned the thing and got a head without mouse glue in it!! IMHO, the manufacturer adding mouse glue is like a car dealer adding stop leak to a new cars radiator-unacceptable!!!! I always check the hosel of brand new heads and if I detect sticky residue, it goes back!!! I have never had that happen with a G/S head, but if they are doing so then the practice is more wide spread than I imagined!! Thanks for the data point!!!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hayes, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Fixing rattle in driver head Thanks to all who replied to my question. I got such a variety of suggestions that all seemed like feasible options for fixing the rattle. I was particularly intrigued by the idea of removing a PLASTIC plug by heating a coat hanger to red hot and inserting it into the head thus allowing the plug to "melt" onto the hangar's tip for extraction. So, I decided to inquire with Golfsmith (it is a GS head) as to what the bore plug was made of. They said that they couldn't be sure since some were metal and some "acrylic" but that the inside of this head already contained mouse glue so I should just heat the bottom of the head up to restore some of the stickiness of the glue and then it should hold the bore plug. I've tried it and will see how it works. I assumed there was something sticky already inside the head because the piece would only rattle after a ball was struck - briefly until you shook the head a little and it stuck again. But, it wouldn't withstand the force of im! pact without letting loose. I guess I won't know if this fix works until I get the chance to hit balls the head again. A couple of side notes... -I was pleasantly surprised with a very quick response from GS on this question (via email). Bill Totten from their tech dept. was who sent the suggestion on heating up the already existing mouse glue. -Someone asked if it was a Bang head, which it obviously wasn't, BUT...I had some problems with early Bang heads having a very flimsy bore plug that either pushed through very easily or melted to the bottom of the shaft on extractions. However, I haven't had that trouble with more recent Bang heads. I actually sent an email to Steve Almo of Bang about the issue. I never got a reply but it does seem to be an issue that they've addressed at Bang. Later, Jeff
