Jents... In a nutshell <GRIN>, heat the tip of the rod cherry red with the propane torch, then insert down the shaft until it bottoms out at the bottom of the hosel. Note that if epoxy has been forced up into the shaft, you may not make it all the way to the bottom. There are long skinny drill bits for cleaning that out if necessary. There are heating rods with skinny tips available that will fit all the way down to the tip of a graphite shaft. Alternatives if you don't have a long, skinny tip heating rod...use one of the long skinny drills to "ream" (sorry, RK) the inside of the shaft out to allow insertion of a larger diameter rod, or cut off the shaft about 6"-10" above the hosel, and "ream" it out if necessary.
Once you get the heating rod bottomed out, wait "a while" for the heat to be absorbed in the shaft/epoxy/head, then repeat as necessary until the epoxy bond breaks down. Patience, patience, patience. A good shaft puller (like RK's) is an absolute necessity. Have fun! Royce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jen Kuntz Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ShopTalk: Forwarded question - using heating rods Hi all, I got an email from a digest subscriber who has the following question... in a nutshell, how do you use heating rods to remove heads? Thx Jen > Ed Norman wrote: > > hi jen, I have a question, I bought a heating rod for taking off heads from > > shafts. Do you heat this with a propane torch? for how long? Then you > > slide it down into shaft, as far as it will go? Does it bump itself into > > the glue bead? I burnt a buddies driver head trying to take it off with a > > torch before, so I bought this. No instructions were with the tool, thanks > > if you have any info,,,ed
