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Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/28/12 1:25:18 PM
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shokosugi
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Hello all, here's the scoop, I am just leaving a demo day and while I was trying to compare my ebay purchased wishon 870's the shaft snapped just below the grip. Anyone know how that could happen? Secondly, do I have to worry that this may happen to the rest of my set? Fyi there are shafted with wishon series 5 steel shafts.
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/28/12 4:37:37 PM
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newjedi
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I would not worry about it odds are it was just a fluke failure. I have had shafts fail on a few occasions so it is not outside the realm of possibility that it "just happened". All the Wishon products I have purchased and built have always been rock solid quality wise including their series 5 shafts.
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/28/12 5:27:11 PM
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shokosugi
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I hope so. For some reason i'm snake bitten this year. First my acer xds cabriolets heads come off from poor epoxy. Then I buy these 870's and break the 6 iron-lol. Maybe it's a sign to get them reshafted (which I had thoughts of doing)
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FW: Ashton X-1, 3&5$7
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/28/12 7:00:23 PM
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sparky14
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Yikes...definitely a fluke. Never heard of a steel shaft snapping there.
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/30/12 1:14:04 AM
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Quinten
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Did you look inside the shaft at the brake? I've seen steel shafts brake below the grip when weakend by rust. Do you have any inserts in them? Take a look inside. It could be just a one off thing, or they may have gotten wet from humidity or even rain. ??
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/30/12 7:04:41 AM
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shokosugi
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Quinten
Did you look inside the shaft at the brake? I've seen steel shafts brake below the grip when weakend by rust. Do you have any inserts in them? Take a look inside. It could be just a one off thing, or they may have gotten wet from humidity or even rain. ??
After further inspection, there is a bit of rusting i think. It looks like maybe some water got in because there is a straight brown line all the way down the shaft and then brownish streaks all over the rest of the shaft. When I got these clubs, they were re-gripped and backweights were taken out before they were shipped to me so I guess maybe some water got in somehow. Anyways looks like I will just re-shaft. Now to search for some shafts...At the demo day the Mizuno shaft optimizer spit out a 6 iron swing speed of 84mph and recommended dynamic gold SL, project X 5.0 and Kbs tours. I'm pretty sure it said stiff flex for the KBS and DGSL so I was a bit curious why the project x was 5.0 and not 5.5. Anyways, I hit the 5.5 just fine but my favorite shaft of the day was the stock nippon 950 in both the nike vrs forged and TM R11 irons that I tried. The nippon did launch high for me but it had the best feel. I guess its time to look in the swap shop for some shafts!
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Driver: GEEK DCT/graf blue - 47" bomber
FW: Ashton X-1, 3&5$7
5-GW - Wishon 870ti with PX
PureFIT idRAW 55/59 deg
Putter: STX proFit 6- Belly style!
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/30/12 7:32:09 PM
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Oldhitter
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How long have you owned the clubs ?? Seems to me rust would have to be present for quite sometime to cause a failure. Is there a possibility there was a flaw in the construction of the shaft ?? Just curious...
Years ago I had a Callaway X-14 8i fail in a similar manner, and the clubs were only a couple of years old. I don't think rust would cause a failure in such a short time.
As a side note, I called Callaway and was given a referral number and sent it back to Callaway. Within a week, I received a brand new 8i...
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/30/12 9:14:13 PM
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Par4QC
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I now wonder if the shafts had been spined, using a tubetype spinefinder.(?)
(I am truly shameless....No B. S... )
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 04/30/12 9:30:01 PM
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shokosugi
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ORIGINAL: Oldhitter
How long have you owned the clubs ?? Seems to me rust would have to be present for quite sometime to cause a failure. Is there a possibility there was a flaw in the construction of the shaft ?? Just curious...
Years ago I had a Callaway X-14 8i fail in a similar manner, and the clubs were only a couple of years old. I don't think rust would cause a failure in such a short time.
As a side note, I called Callaway and was given a referral number and sent it back to Callaway. Within a week, I received a brand new 8i...
Thats cool. I got them off ebay a month or so ago and just hit them at the range a few times. I'm just gonna suck it up and reshaft. As for causation, flaw in shaft or rust, I have no idea-just a sign to get a different shaft I think.
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Driver: GEEK DCT/graf blue - 47" bomber
FW: Ashton X-1, 3&5$7
5-GW - Wishon 870ti with PX
PureFIT idRAW 55/59 deg
Putter: STX proFit 6- Belly style!
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 05/01/12 8:16:53 PM
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candukid
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broke a driver VS Proto under the grip one day. Graphite, but still weird.
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RE: Broke a shaft at demo day - 05/03/12 5:14:56 PM
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tweaky
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that's a heavy stress point especially when big divots are produced. don't get too hung up on the flex, go for feel.
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