You can dig through the ST archives for a lot of ways to shim up a shaft tip. One method I've used, and proselytized is to use fiberglass window screen for the shim. Load the tip with epoxy, wrap enough screen material to fill the gap, wet the screen, and "screw" it in. I've done in countless times and never had a failure.
I don't like those brass shims at all. They don't seem to do the job for me. There are other ways to shim up a shaft tip, but one thing you should not do is depend on epoxy to fill gaps. The epoxy is used for adhesion, not gap fill. TFlan --- Don M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I reshaft an R7 to .335 without using a special > adapter ferrule? I was thinking of using a brass > shim > and then a collared .335 ferrule to help center > everything. It looks like it ought to work but that > is counting on the epoxy as a gap filler in the > enlarged portion of the upper hosel bore. The shim > will help hold the shaft out away from touching the > step in the hosel. Maybe I could even use a masking > tape wrap to take up most of the space in the > stepped > area. > > I'm not opposed to using the right adapter but I > don't > have one on hand. I did one without it a year or > two > ago but maybe I just got lucky. We are talking 90 > MPH > swing speed. > > > >
