changing shafts

Iangolf

I am looking to change the shaft in my driver, I currently have two drivers and prefer one head to another, and one shaft to the other. The only problem is that the good head isnt on the good shaft.

Does anyone know where I could get someone to take a shaft out and put it into another head.

Cheers

stumpypeeps

Iangolf wrote: »

I am looking to change the shaft in my driver, I currently have two drivers and prefer one head to another, and one shaft to the other. The only problem is that the good head isnt on the good shaft.

Does anyone know where I could get someone to take a shaft out and put it into another head.

Cheers

I'm pretty sure you can't take a graphite shaft out without cutting the tip. Which will affect its performance. Stiffen it I believe. I'm sure foregolf at Naas would be a good bet if it can be done. World club makers of the year and all.

neckedit

it can be done pretty easily, depending where your based, ForeGolf or Leopardstown Driving range hame a pretty good repair setup.

kagni

neckedit wrote: »

it can be done pretty easily, depending where your based, ForeGolf or Leopardstown Driving range hame a pretty good repair setup.

Yeah, it is easily done by anyone who is competent at repairing clubs.
Just beware that not all shafts have the same diameter tip, some are 0.335 and others are 0.350. If the 'good' shaft has a .350 tip and the 'good' head takes a .335 shaft your plan won't work. You can usually find info on the tip diameter on the manufacturers website.

mike12

Hi,
Any decent pro should be able do it where are u based the pro at the ward golf centre if you are on the north side should be able to do it

neckedit

kagni wrote: »

Yeah, it is easily done by anyone who is competent at repairing clubs.
Just beware that not all shafts have the same diameter tip, some are 0.335 and others are 0.350. If the 'good' shaft has a .350 tip and the 'good' head takes a .335 shaft your plan won't work. You can usually find info on the tip diameter on the manufacturers website.

That's why I recommended these two places, as they are more than competent at all aspects of club repair and fitting.

Irishvillian

Iangolf wrote: »

I am looking to change the shaft in my driver, I currently have two drivers and prefer one head to another, and one shaft to the other. The only problem is that the good head isnt on the good shaft.

Does anyone know where I could get someone to take a shaft out and put it into another head.

Cheers

If you get this sorted let us know how much it cost if you don't mind,i have a driver with a broken shaft that i was going to get reshafted but was told it could cost well over a hundred euro to do so.

Iangolf

Irishvillian wrote: »

If you get this sorted let us know how much it cost if you don't mind,i have a driver with a broken shaft that i was going to get reshafted but was told it could cost well over a hundred euro to do so.

To be honest, that was my next question, I just called foregolf in naas, and they will do it for €50.

mike12

Iangolf wrote: »

To be honest, that was my next question, I just called foregolf in naas, and they will do it for €50.

I would have said 15 or 20 quid i thought it was a 10 minute job

gorfield

There is a couple of hours work involved, 50e is pittens considering the quality of work they do

stumpypeeps

gorfield wrote: »

There is a couple of hours work involved, 50e is pittens considering the quality of work they do

+1

You'll find your newly shafted club will be absolutely perfect.

Par71

Its quite a simple process. All you need is a heat gun, not flame just heat, a walpaper stripper will do. The only problem I can see you having is replacing the ferrel, the little black plastic thing above the hosel. Any pro shop will have them. You will need a small bit of steel wool to rub it down to size.

Heat the hosel of the club head until the shaft starts to move, it will either pop out its self or just gently pull it out. If you heat it too much you will damage the shaft.

Once out pop on the new ferrel on and use araldite (glue) to fix new shaft in, make sure you dont completly cover the hosel in glue as you will get an air bubble and it will pop out again.

Leave to dry for a day and bobs your uncle. And all for the price of a new ferrel, about 50cent.

ShriekingSheet

Aren't some shafts exactly the same item, in all flexes, but depending on which way the shaft "points", you get a different flex? So you could spin a Regular shaft slightly in the head, and it would play Stiff?

I could be mad, but I think that's the case with at least one major make/model. The shaft logo is painted in the same place in each "flex" obviously, so it's not facind different ways in different flexes.

Anyway. No, this is not something I'd try myself, and I'd be careful who I took it to.

DonkeyPokerTour

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Aren't some shafts exactly the same item, in all flexes, but depending on which way the shaft "points", you get a different flex? So you could spin a Regular shaft slightly in the head, and it would play Stiff?

I could be mad, but I think that's the case with at least one major make/model. The shaft logo is painted in the same place in each "flex" obviously, so it's not facind different ways in different flexes.

Anyway. No, this is not something I'd try myself, and I'd be careful who I took it to.

Sheet I have never heard of this, it sounds like your describing a system like they have in the R9, but instead of making it open/neutral/closed it makes it soft/reg/stiff.

As far as I'm aware all the main manufacturers have seperate shafts which come as soft/reg/stiff/xstiff etc.

Regards
Ian

ShriekingSheet

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Sheet I have never heard of this, it sounds like your describing a system like they have in the R9, but instead of making it open/neutral/closed it makes it soft/reg/stiff.

As far as I'm aware all the main manufacturers have seperate shafts which come as soft/reg/stiff/xstiff etc.

Yeah, I can't think of who the manufacturer is, but think it was fairly mainstream.

It is a fact that by rotating a shaft in a head could mean a change in how it plays - even if it's only slight. Shaft Puring is a club fitting technique whereby a set of shafts are set into the iron heads in such a way that they are all exactly the same the same flex.

kagni

You might be thinking of the shaft "spine", Sheet.
But I've never heard of it being oriented to deliberately increase the stiffness of a shaft.
http://clubmaker-online.com/spines.html

ShriekingSheet

kagni wrote: »

You might be thinking of the shaft "spine", Sheet.
But I've never heard of it being oriented to deliberately increase the stiffness of a shaft.
http://clubmaker-online.com/spines.html

Nice one - yeah, it does confirm what I was talking about...

"For any club, especially Type 2 graphite, the frequency or stiffness of the club will vary as the shaft is rotated to the new alignment. Some of the shafts may vary 15-20 cpm (two flexes)

Its difficult to tell a customer that his club is now two flexes weaker than it started out! But it's a fact of life, and the customer should be forewarned that he may need a new shaft."