Wish I would have contacted you before I started this.
Ok, here's the lesson for all:
"I never remove a steel shaft via puller".
John
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John,
Sorry you had so much trouble. I never remove a steel shaft via puller. Always heat, clamp in vise and twist off. Oh yeah, remember the gloves. Don't need anymore brands on my hands. Could be a great burglar, no finger prints.
Carl
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Spent the better part of 5 hours trying to remove a steel shaft from
a new stainless bore-thru Titleist fairway wood. With Arnie's
help/advice I finally got the damn thing out. Thought I'd share this
with you to save you some grief. Graphite is a piece of cake to
remove but steel shafts are a pain as they slip. I tried simply
heating it (for about an hour, no release). Tried heating a hot rod
then heating the hosel...no release. Tried a microtorch inside the
head/shaft and use a large torch on the hosel..nothing. The
stainless head dissipates heat rather quickly plus the steel shaft
won't hold.
By now I'm down to a tiny section of the shaft that's not smashed
flat, the head looks really bad (it was brand new) and I'm ready to
simply run out and buy a new club and send it back to the customer.
My final attempt was to clamp the! last portion of the shaft directly
into the vise, heat away with the microtorch inside the shaft
tip/head and with an electric heat gun, and twist it off with my
hand. Amazing that I remembered to put a glove on and not grab with
my bare hand. I don't need a matching Titleist brand on my palm to
match the Taylormade brand already there, they'd have to pay me a
sponsorship fee for that.
I was able to clean up the head with my 3M wheel so it looked like
new and the customer is happy with his new fairway wood (with the new
$275 Mitsubishi Diamana shaft).
Next steel shafted club I get is going directly to the vise, no more
scr*wing around trying to save a $5 shaft.
Thanks again to Arnie for his help on this project, he was a life saver.
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Carl Mc Kinley Retired,
PCS Certified Class 'A' Club! maker (Life Member)
GCA Accredited Clubbuilder
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Thanks!
John Muir
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John Muir
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