wrong diameter shaft for reshafting my driver?

[olduffer]

Hi Guys!
I need some advice. I recently bought a Callaway x 460 driver and wanted to change the shaft from stock to an Aldila nvs 65 stiff. I found one in the package on ebay and bought it for 50 bucks. I thought I had made a good deal until the guy I sent the club to to change shafts called me and said my shaft is too small in tip diameter??????? I had no idea there were different tip diameters for different drivers! ( pardon my dumbness)
Anyway, the X460 is a through bore head design. Is there a way to make the .335 diameter shaft fit that head? Is there some shim or something that can be installed? Please help this Olduffer!!!!!!!!!!

[bwinger79]

I am by no means a club building expert, but Golfsmith makes a converter. You can find it here.....

http://www.golfsmith.com/cm/products...l-_-cm-_-0-_-1

I am not sure if they are meant for the bore-through heads or not. I am also not sure what you are going to see in performance changes in the club. I would call Golfsmith, or better yet, a certified club builder and see what you options are.

[Everardo]

I am by no means a club building expert, but Golfsmith makes a converter. You can find it here.....

This adapter works best on non Callaway bore-through heads (But will still do the job). I have shimmed bore-through heads before but I don't like doing it. The ones I have done are for personal use or those clubs belonging to friends. I personally don't like using this approach for my customers.

Hi Guys!

For your X460 you are far better off getting a new shaft (mr personal opinion). Mainly because of the bore-through design. I mean really you can buy a brand new NVS for around $90 so the extra $40 bucks spent is well worth the price.

[bwinger79]

For your X460 you are far better off getting a new shaft (mr personal opinion). Mainly because of the bore-through design. I mean really you can buy a brand new NVS for around $90 so the extra $40 bucks spent is well worth the price.

I would have to agree that buying the proper shaft is most definitely the way to go. I have never hit a driver that has been modified like that, but would have to guess that you would lose something in performance doing that. Spend the money and reshaft it properly.

[olduffer]

Guys, That's the thing!!!!! I did buy a brand new ( in the wrapper) NVS shaft. I looked on the aldila website and they only list a .335 diameter tip on that shaft. It appears on the Callaway website as one of the choices in the X460 driver. I assume they don't make two different sized driver head shaft holes???????? Must be some kind of sleeve or adapter to make this shaft fit the head?

[Everardo]

Are we looking at the same website? Aldila NVS is offered in .335 and .350 (Unless you are using the NVS 95)
http://www.aldila.com/product15.html

[spyderwerks]

I've placed several .335 diameter shafts in Callaway .350 bore heads. It's no problem at all.

All I do is make sure I have these two items: The correct callaway .335 adapter ferrule available from Golfsmith or The Golf works for the proper clubhead. And I usually use shafting epoxy with the shafting beads. http://www.golfsmith.com/products/9312 It's a super fine powder mixed in that simply dampens and fills the slight void from the .350 to .335 shaft.