I’ll share whatever they tell me here.
Ping I3 Os cavity replacement....Flexseal?
I’m just hoping they have 6 more weight inserts.
Good luck!
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.
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.
cpanther1995 lead powder and black epoxy?
If I do it, that’s possibly what I’ll do
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.
Too bad you couldn't get the i3 medallions and grind/file them down to fit. Couldn't you fashion something out of metal to fit and epoxy in. Something that would be easy to cut, then grind, and stack until you get to the outside of the housing. Not sure how uniform the opening is?
I'm thinking of the last Wishon head where I had the tiny little medallion fall out and I made one out of a soup can top. Tedious as hell but it worked and looks OK.
Or what about these-
I suspect you could cut to size and fill in where the medallion was. Only ? would be if it would be too thick and stick out and catch on something and fall off. Might be able to add a little epoxy so it holds better. Or if it does.not stick out, fashion something to go over it an epoxy to the lip of the housing to cover it up.
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ode Couldn't you fashion something out of metal to fit and epoxy in. Something that would be easy to cut, then grind, and stack until you get to the outside of the housing. Not sure how uniform the opening is?
When I fixed that G5 Wedge for my neighbor, I just measured the amount of washers I needed to get the swingweight up to where it needed to be and then removed one washer from the stack and filled the whole cavity with epoxy around the stack (assuming the epoxy weight was about = to one washer). The washer stack was centered and it looked like Bryson DeChambeau's Frankenclubs from his college days, but it's still there and working.
This is turning into quite the project!
Molding new ones might be easier than trying to fabricate something. My wife's hobby is miniature doll houses and she has gotten really good at molding various components and furniture. She has a liquid molding compound that you pour over an object you want to copy. It hardens into a flexible rubber mold. She uses a two part resin and pours it into the rubber mold. After it cure she removes the part and pours another. If you had just one of those inserts you could use it to make a mold for more.
Rickochet If your wife is molding new ones, at least make sure she patterns it off of yours.