I have seen quite a few bent shafts RIGHT AT the hosel on older PING irons due to the hardness of the head (17-4).
I would be really concerned that a split shaft would present a serious danger of breakage and the head flying off which would be a liability. I think you're better off just finding a similar discrete-length shaft for PING irons, especially those older ones. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Don W Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > With any taper hosels splitting the shaft is not a recommended way to put a > .370 in a .355 hosel. It will work but I would do only in the case of an > emergency. Customer realizing it may come apart. If you really have only > one > choice of shafts I would bore out the heads to .370. I don't think Pings > Taper is that much different than the standard. > > Don Johnson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Don M > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings > > Other than reaming the hosel, I mean. > Didn't we have a conversation years ago here about how to slit the tips of > .370 steel shafts and force them into tapered hosels? If yes, will it work > on a Ping Eye2? I don't know the particulars but Ping's taper is a bit > different than most. > > Any enlightenment welcome! > > -Don M > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ >
