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I have never had an issue pulling a Ping head other than the smell. Kind of smells like burned cat turds.

My problem is that I use a heat gun to soften the epoxy, have a mini torch but have never used it.

    Bigborgel

    PING uses seriously strong epoxy. Heat gun is no bueno. I use a scotch bright pad to brighten up the hosels if they get a little brown from the torch.

    Typhoon
    I believe that I have ascertained reason my distance with the eye2 is not much shorter . My benchmark iron set is 5-PW Mizuno mp57s, their lofts are close enough to the antique Pings that with my non-repeating swing they also match distance , albeit both are short compared to more modern lofted irons. That's OK by me, I just move up a club. No wonder I was air mailing greens with my Rapture v2s.

    Now that is a graphic description ! Never tried using cat feces for incense myself, but probably comparably odorous to hot Ping epoxy fumes. ENJOY

      Provisional

      I know I used to hear odd stories from my grandfather about what they would burn for heat.... but....🙂

      Thank goodness I grew up in lap of luxury ; we had a natural gas space heater in the living room.

        sdandrea1
        In Mobile ALA didn't use it a lot. I loved the attic fan much more, when dad put it in. Before that push bed up as close to window as possible and pray for any whisper of a breeze . Didn't realize how happy and rich we were.

          I'm with Steve on this, pulling shafts on Pings isn't hard, I do 3 at a time, use a propane torch and heat one up, move to the next, then on to the next, back to the first one and do that 3 times total, it lets the heat sink in to the metal more and that generally gets the bond to come loose nicely with no browning. I do the three at a time method because I'm impatient and WAITING for heat soak is too much for me to handle, keep busy with others and it's fine. Takes about the same time as any other club if you do it this way. I typically will something similar on graphite pulls, but I pre load into the puller, put it under a little pressure, heat a little, let it sit, little more pressure, heat if it's not loose, and so on, I hate burnt hosels so I go slow.

            DC300

            Good tip on heat soaking. I'll try that next time.

            PING hosels clean up real easy in the event you get a little browning. Scotchbrite pad and some elbow grease or a fine grit sanding sponge.

              sdandrea1 Agreed, the Pings do clean easily, Especially if you intend to clean up the heads anyway it's no big deal. I just learned to do it this way to avoid the browning and haven't had an issue since, so I set up shop to go this route. Some clubs are really easy to jack up, pings are like bull dozers.

              Wondering what graphite shafts you plan for your newly aquired Eye2s.

              0I am just going to use the stock steel ones in my junkers until I come across a "deal" on some pulls probably . Wondering if I shouldn't try something in "A" Flex this go round. Do you/can you soft/hard step graphite shafts like steel? Suppose I'll have to bore hossels to . 370 since so few .355 shafts are available . I'll need some advice on best way to go there too . KISS principal is my friend .

                Provisional

                I got some First Flight 85g graphites off eBay. They arrived today. $49 including shipping for 3 to W. They are precut to length. Just prep the tips, assemble and butt trim to desired length......possibly no butt trim required. Instead of boring the hosels, I have found it much easier to sand down .370 shafts to .355 for the last 5/8 inch. I use digital calipers and sand, measure, sand, measure, etc., until the lower tip of the shaft is .355. You can ream or bore the hosels if you like.....I found it easier to sand the shafts. TONS of graphite choices in .370. I'm one cheap bastage, tho. 😎

                  Typhoon
                  The Brunswick Microtapers were similar to having 1/2" galvanized pipe as a shaft. Karsten sent out most of the Eye 2 BeCu irons with the Microtaper. He used the ZZ Lite in the SS heads. Why the difference? I'm sure he had a good engineering explanation. I really do believe you will find another shaft choice a welcome change.
                  My Eye 2+ BeCu set has the newer JZ shafts. That has been a great combo, even though I've pretty well confined them to the basement and given the old body irons with more flexible shafts to work with.