Ping B90 Reshaft

north-bc

How hard is it to pull and replace the shaft on a Ping B90 putter?

Thanks,
Todd

Par4QC

north-bc Used to be near impossible, as far I tried. In fact, I never got the job done. They insert a steel ball which is jammed in. I don't think they even use epoxy.
I tried the ol' heat/freeze method also, to no avail.
Good luck!

backinit

Never done it, but in talking to a professional about it he told me to put the putter in a freezer for a few days..heat the hosel and pull. If it doesn't come then rinse and repeat.

sdandrea1

The only way I've been able to reshaft older PING putters that use the steel ball insert is to drill a small (1/16") hole in the bottom of the hosel (or in this case, the putter sole), while heating the shaft-hosel joint, drive the steel ball up into the shaft with a nail or any steel pin. Once the ball is loose in the shaft, the head should come off.

ode

Lol, f(_)cking Ping....their engineers should all be drug tested. Some of the hosel configs are head scratching to me.

scotts33

ode They design so they can only work on them. Beholding to Ping. That said they work on their stuff at lil cost to the original owner. Part of protecting their umbrella and working on their stuff. The part they didn't count on over the years is the cost of shipping.

Freezing has worked for me.

ode

scotts33

It seems like, especially with their iron and hybrids, all requiring a collared ferrule that they are inviting failures. It's not like the collar is their just to cover the countersink part on traditional hosel, it is essentially a shim as there is some goofy taper from the bottom of the hosel to the top. Senseless IMO.

Good luck OP.....hope you get it remedied!

Typhoon

scotts33 And Ping customer service are a bunch of pricks. I had the backweight fall out of a Ping Tisi driver and they charged me to fix it because they said “when I reshafted it on my own I comprised the glue holding the backweight in.

I then had 2 more drivers with back weights fall out. Later, with the TISI TEC they started riveting them in🙄😁. Guess it wasn’t the glue shit for brains.

backinit

Typhoon That was a load of shit. I had a fw wood that did the same thing.

bad9

If you don't need to save the shaft(on the clubs with the ball bearing) cut it off as close as possible to the head. Then use a dremel and a course grit grinding ball to grind away the bearing as it's pretty soft. I used two grinding bits and about 15 minutes.

north-bc

Thanks for all the help gang. Looking forward to working on this this fall

Cheers,
Todd