Help please!!!!

[mario]

Hi

I am looking for some help . I like to do some of my own club building ( installing shafts and Grips) . I have done 5 sets of shaft installs and never had a problem . I use Brampton 20/20 long cure epoxy . I did a set for a friend that have come apart . They were done by someone else and came apart twice so he asked me to do them since I had done previous sets for him with no issues. Anyone know why they would come apart ? The epoxy was new . Should I use glass beads?


Thanks

Mario

[ctv1]

if graphite shafts, tip preparation is really important

if steel, could have been an inferior epoxy

[mario]

they are steel shafts . all 3 times we used new epoxy . Is there another type of epoxy you would suggest?

Thanks

[caddishack]

what brand of clubs are they?

[mario]

TaylorMade P790

[TORAIDER]

TaylorMade P790

https://www.golfworks.ca/golfworks-taylormade-p-series-iron-ferrule/p/bb9110/

The ferrules are collared on these clubs. If someone used non-collared ferrules without o-rings, I've heard that these clubs are proned to epoxy breakdown. If you use the above ferrules the clubs should seat properly and not come apart.

Good Luck with the build.

[mario]

Thanks I will try those . The ferrules I used were collared .

[Tintin]

If You've clean the hosels properly and if the shafts were prepped properly then it is your epoxy.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3NPXVCMF8OU7J/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00JAC1LE8

[Tintin]

they are steel shafts . all 3 times we used new epoxy . Is there another type of epoxy you would suggest?

Thanks

Been using Golfworks' for many years without any issues.

[bl8d]

check for excessive bore clearance. the other person might have mistakenly installed taper tips in a .370 parallel bore.

[Tintin]

Possible but highly doubtful unless the heads have been reamed my friend

https://www.golfworks.com/images/art/TaylorMade.pdf

[bl8d]

Possible but highly doubtful unless the heads have been reamed my friend
https://www.golfworks.com/images/art/TaylorMade.pdf

exactly what I wanted to allude to.
3 failures in a row is not solely due to bad epoxy.
IA while ago we had a similar question of the possible consequence of fitting a taper shaft into a parralel bored hosel.

I just want him to double-check the bore-size to be sure before he tries epoxy again.

[br1828]

I've installed over 100 irons/driver/wedge shafts. Never had I had a failures install. It must be something you are doing wrong. Tip prep is really important. Even if the heads of reams differently, shafting beads and shims could be used.

[TORAIDER]

Some bathroom reading before you tackle the reshaft again.

https://forums.golfwrx.com/topic/1543188-taylormade-p790-ferrule/

[ARL67]

I've installed over 100 irons/driver/wedge shafts. Never had I had a failures install. It must be something you are doing wrong. Tip prep is really important. Even if the heads of reams differently, shafting beads and shims could be used.

Likewise, I've rebuilt a lot of iron sets and drivers, fw, hybrids, and yet to have one come off / loose.

I use this 18-24 hour epoxy:

https://www.golfworks.ca/golfworks-epoxy-8oz/p/epx/

I have a 1" belt sander that a do a quick clean-up on the steel / graphite shaft tips.

For the hosels I use my drill and these hosel brushes:
https://www.golfworks.ca/hosel-honin...rush/p/gw1060/

I then blow out the hosel with my compressor.
Others at sites such as GolfWRX recommend cleaning the hosel with acetone or some other solvent, but I never do and have never had a failure.