I use relatively heavy mono filament fish line mostly. I put it in the back side of the hosel and snap it off as soon as the fit seems snug. If that doesn't work, I have some of those really thin tag twist ties that work most every time.
You may want to read the note I sent last week re: using an iron ferrule on a wood shaft. I shimmed that, too. TFlan On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Don M <[email protected]> wrote: > I am fixing some Ping Eye2+ irons. Someone reshafted them with late model > Ping CFS steel shafts, and the heads are loose. I pulled one for inspection > and cleaned it up. The fit is super loose, more so than a typical Ping. It > is still tapered, it has not been reamed out to parallel. But I think maybe > the person who did it was too aggressive with cleaning out the hosels and > enlarged them. To illustrate, I cannot tap or hammer the shaft so it stays > inside the hosel. The hosel is too big for that. > > I'm looking for advice, particularly a method of shimming. There is no > ferrule, keep that in mind. NOTE: Down at the tip, there does NOT seem to > be any wiggle room. Therefore a typical brass shim is not going to fit, I > don't think. Maybe I'm wrong about that. Solutions? > > Would it help to dimple the shaft? It probably would help it stay in place > for the assembling, but I'm not sure if it would help beef up the > mechanical joint in any significant way. > > -Don M >
