can my driver be fixed?

[asianpsuation]

so here's the deal im at the range w/ my friend who doesn't golf, and i let him borrow my driver. one "swing" later and my driver is in two: he snapped the hosel right off from the shaft. so now i have a little shaft left in the head right above the hosel and i dont know if i can get it removed. anybody know if i can?

[diesel]

should be able to

[PBCgolfer]

Yeah just take it to an Edwin Watts or something they should be able to fix it for you.

[asianpsuation]

ya i was thinking it should be easy the only problem is that i dunno how they could pull the shaft out when it gets heated, cuz theres no shaft left above the hosel to pull on, i guess they could use a screw driver or something. this sucks tho...

[J.P.]

They probably do something like machinists do when they have to get a broken bolt out of a tight spot.

Maybe they'll heat it and drill a large threaded bit into the remaining shaft and pull it out.

I would leave it to the pro's though, oh, and get a new friend.

[aquacooled]

It can be done, I have done it a few times.....

[supercow]

Golfsmith's Broken Shaft Puller looks like it should be able to do the trick....

http://www.golfsmith.com/products/24...a7c84696074ddd

[asianpsuation]

ya thanks that golfsmith thing would deff work im sure dicks or somethin like that could do it if i took it to them. and my friends pickin up the tag so Aldila VS Proto is goin in it :)

[Guest]

I am sure the broken shaft can be pulled out by putting a towel around the club head and insert it into a vice, take the plastic flange off, heat the hosel with a propane torch, waving it back and forth not to burn it, take some vice grips and pull the broken shaft out. It should come out once it heats up enough to melt the epoxy.

Regards, mcc

[gas_can]

ya thanks that golfsmith thing would deff work im sure dicks or somethin like that could do it if i took it to them. and my friends pickin up the tag so Aldila VS Proto is goin in it :)

asianpsuation,

Forget about the tools, just get a 21/64 drill bit and drill the hosel clean. That way the hosel is prepped and ready to go. Why bother saving one and a quarter inches of shaft?

[Guest]

I would not recomend messing with it if your friend is picking up the tab, take to golf galaxy or golf smith, and they can re-shaft your club.

[BritBoy]

I see you have TM r7tp 9.5 w/Rayon Diamana Stiff. That means it cant be fixed and you need to send the head to me. Thanks in advance

[schlyer]

Assuming the shaft is graphite, I'm with Gas_Can - just get a drill bit the same size as the internal measurement of your hosel and ream it out.

I did this a couple of years ago with a Taylor Made Burner 3-wood where the shaft literally tore as I was trying to remove it.

If its steel - either go for the Golfsmith tool or let a professional handle it.

[asianpsuation]

ya ill either drill it or just take it to a dicks. or ill ship it to britboy. u.p.s or fedex?