Club head slipping off?

I bought a set of Burner 1.0's last year and I'm concerned that the club head may be coming off one of them.  I've never seen clubs being put together or a club head not on a shaft, so I'm hoping someone with more knowledge might have a better idea.

The first 2 pictures are my 9 iron.  The black plastic part cracked and I can slide it up.  But it doesn't slide around like those stupid things kids used to put on bicycle spokes, and it looks like the part where the club head is glued to the shaft is ok.  So that doesn't really bother me.

The third picture is my 6 iron.  To me, it looks like the club head is sliding down.  The black piece does not slide.  Also, on the 9 iron above, you can see that the other black piece underneath is still wedged under the club head.  On the 6iron below, that piece is wedged under the other black piece.

Comparing my 6i to my 5i, I measured both from the butt of the grip to the beginning of the club head.  I get 36.5 inches for the 5i and 36 for the 6i.  According to the TaylorMade website, the shafts differ by 0.625 inches, so it looks like 6 iron is 1/8 of an inch short.  I measure the gap to be about that (I actually measure it to be 1/32 inch larger).

I guess I should bring it back to golf galaxy?  They'll probably replace the club, right?

It is more than likely the ferrule (black plastic bit) that is slipping.That is a common thing and nothing to worry about.

They won't replace it. They will repair it.

In any case, perhaps that question should be addressed to them.

haha, very true.

Well, I had the lie angle adjusted after I bought them, I assumed that was why they were bent.  I think they all are like that......is that not how they are supposed to bend these things?

:-O HELL NO! Take them back! If they're bending the shafts to adjust the lie angles you have a problem and the idiot who did it should be FIRED! They should actually bend THE HOSEL not the shaft. Where in the hell did you go anyway? If that's how the bent them, that's why your ferrules are all screwed up. :mad: :doh:

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!  excellent sleuth work.

Ferrules can slide a little bit over time, but for many of your irons to show this problem and even have them crack?  If that photo isn't lying and your shafts are truly bent, that would explain everything.  Or else minimally that they weren't very careful with the heat gun and melted/weakened the epoxy holding the ferrules in place.

Not yet.  I had a three-day weekend and didn't want to turn my clubs in and miss out on 3 days at the range.

I dont know what they did as far as fixing the lie angle, I was just trying to piece together what happened and don't really know much about the subject of fitting.  Looking at the rest of the set, a few **appear** to be bent, but not consistently.  And its kind of hard to tell, my eyes may be playing tricks.

Anyway, I'll take em in sometime this week and see what they say.  Thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to post an update when I know more.

You're doing yourself a disservice by waiting and taking a chance on breaking a shaft. I can clearly see that the last 2 pics the shafts are bent and this would explain your ferrule problem. The longer you wait the more apt you are to get screwed.

How long have you had these and how long ago did they attempt to adjust the lies?? You have to name and shame the shop that butchered your irons. Unbelievable.

My question about lie adjustments was just my ignorance of how clubs are fitted, they didn't bend the shafts to change the lie.

I brought my irons in last night.  They re-glued the ferrule on one and bent the shaft back to straight on the other.  The guy said it was probably from hitting a root or getting caught on a mat at a driving range.

I think if I hit a root hard enough to bend the shaft my wrists wouldn't have forgotten it, and I dont really follow how a club can get "caught" on a mat.

I'll keep an eye on it and replace the shaft if necessary.

Everyone I asked said the others looked fine.

He bent it back to straight??? How did he suggest all the ferrules had come loose? Look at pic #2, I can definitely see a mark/crease/something that looks like it could have come from a bending bar. I think your guy's full of kaka de toro.

I wouldn't give up on this until they have pulled the shaft's from all your irons and put new ones in. From everything I've read the shop has screwed up, they are trying to shift the blame buy saying you hit a root. Because of the flex in a golf shaft it's seriously hard to bend it like that at the hozel buy hitting anything.

Once a shaft has been bent at all like that (with a bending bar etc) it's a broken shaft, it can't be bent back as a repair it needs replacing.

Well, I put up pictures of two clubs, the other six are fine, ferrules and all.  I don't see any reason to replace the shafts on the others.

The ferrule that was sliding up and down was cracked.  I don't know why that would have happened, but it could be any number of things.  Maybe it hit something, maybe it wasn't glued down well.  But he glued it back in place and I think that's fine.

As for the 6iron with the bent shaft, he said I could either replace the shaft or he could try to bend it back first.  I asked him if that was wise--whether it would now be weaker and prone to bending--he said no.  I was skeptical, but if it turns out that he's wrong I can always have the shaft replaced.  I don't see any harm in seeing if this worked.

Well, the harm is that if the shaft breaks during a swing you could either a) lose the head or b) hurt someone (no saying the head is going to follow a safe trajectory).  If you have any doubts about the integrity of the shafts you should replace them.  Replacing a shaft isn't expensive - heck go ahead and buy some shafts, ferruls, expoxy and a couple of grips and learn to do it yourself.  Very satisfying way to spend an evening.