I'm usually an "innocent bystander" with this group, because I'm green and rarely have anything worthwhile to contribute. But I will chime in on this one, because I had the same little white plastic plug fall into a TaylorMade r7 425 head a couple months ago.
I let that little plug become my white whale. Unlike Captain Ahab, though, I was ultimately successful...I managed to fish it out through the hosel with a surgical scissor clamp and a probe that had a tiny hook bent onto the end. In retrospect, that was a little insane. And in my scenario, I wasn't doing it for a paying customer, so the cost of my time wasn't an issue. I read about the acetone option, probably in the same place you saw it. I did not try it, mainly because the idea of filling a head even partially with acetone was just not appealing. Now that I have what is left of the plug in my hand, I'm glad I did not try it. This is one hard little piece of plastic. I do not think acetone would have even made a dent in this thing...I'm not up on my materials, but it something akin to PVC. I would think it would take MEK to melt this thing, and I wouldn't touch that stuff with a 10 foot pole, even if I were wearing a respirator and chemical gloves. If I had it to do over, I would begin and end with rattle stop. My $0.02. > Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 08:57:28 -0400 > To: shoptalk@mail.msen.com > From: j...@clubmaker-online.com > Subject: ShopTalk: Head Rattle > > I've got to fix a head rattle in a driver (the plastic plug fell thru > into the head). I know about rattle stop. I read a post someplace > online that mentions pouring acetone into the clubhead and hoping the > plug melts enough so you can shake it out. Better to simply us the > rattle stop, or is the acetone trick a good one. I'd hate to melt the > rat glue or replace/add to the rattle sound with a sloshing sound. > -- > > > > > Thanks! > John Muir > > skype: jhmuir > AIM: golfcas...@mac.com > 810.923.7396 > http://clubmaker-online.com > http://gripscience.com > clubmaker.mobi > golf equipment updates at http://twitter.com/golfcast > > sponsored by Aldila Voodoo > http://aldilavoodoo.com > > sponsored by Itomic Golf Grips > http://www.tackimac.com > > > > > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
