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  • Ping I3 Os cavity replacement....Flexseal?

cpanther1995 But will Flexseal dampen vibration since it’s rubber better than Epoxy?

I don't know if either will provide much dampening. If it does shafting epoxy will still flex some compared to zero with hardware store epoxy. I took out the polymer face from a putter since I felt it was too dead feeling. I wanted the crisp feeling of brass so I fabed up a brass insert and glued it in with shafting epoxy. It still felt dead. It dawned on me that shafing epoxy has a bit of shock absorption properties to it. I took the insert out and glued it back in with JB Weld. Bingo, hard as a rock with a nice crisp feel.

    Id use tungsten powder and epoxy mix.
    Use GW black epoxy or tint it
    Warm the mixture up so it it is more free flowing and pour it in the cavity

    Very easy and wont take long once you measure out tge amount powder needed

    Last time I sent heads to PING, it was $17.75 each. They put new weights in the heads that needed them and tumbled and painted to look like new. You can do it yourself, but forget resale. If you get them restored, you might break even if you already have shafts and grips.

      sdandrea1

      Good point. I’m thinking about the NV Pro shafts that OMG uses in the TILLe. I read over at Golfwrx that Ping hosels are a little large. You can fit a .370 graphite shaft about half way. They were saying you should sand a .370 to fit a Ping .355. Do you agree?

          cpanther1995

          Done it many times. The FGI database has a shitload of threads on sanding .370 graphite to fit .355 hosels. I use digital calipers and sand/measure, sand/measure until the last 1/2" is .355. Then I sand, if necessary, to custom fit each shaft in it's respective head. Epoxy with shafting beads and boom! You can always send them to me and I'll do it for ya. Love to tinker!

            sdandrea1
            The last time I called Ping about replacing a medallion (about a year ago) I was told that their stock of medallions was dwindling, and since they don't use that method of swingweighting their clubs anymore, they would not be keeping them in stock. So, I'd be interested too to find out what their current policy is.....

                fatshot since they don't use that method of swingweighting their clubs anymore, they would not be keeping them in stock.

                Uh-oh..........

                    I just spoke to a Ping repair rep. If they have the inserts you can send in heads only and they will replace them. They no longer have the I3 inserts.
                    They did have I3+ inserts and checked to see if they would fit. They would not.

                    They will bend these for me from green dot to black dot for $5.00 per head. They will not refinish these heads.

                    Sorry, but I'm not surprised, as they told me something similar a year ago. What do you think you will do?
                    The black epoxy plan would be my choice, I guess. At least in that way you can bury weights in that cavity, come out with a near perfectly weighted set of heads and they would look reasonably good. Too bad you couldn't come up with something that says "Ping" on it to stick on top of the epoxy.....

                    I have no idea. Any amount I spend on these could go to a set that would not need this work done. Need to think about it.

                      cpanther1995

                      At this juncture, they are tinker fodder. If you have shafts and grips, it could be a fun project to do the epoxy + weights fix, even if you bought some $1 karma velvets and $4 Apollo shafts. In the end, you may have to donate them if you don't want to keep them.

                        One of my backweights fell out of my Ping 2G 9 iron, I filled it with JB Weld and painted it black. Has held great for 3 yrs now.