Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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Hello,

Hoping someone can help me out of this jam (pun not intended). In warm-up I went to try a ball that I have had for years but rarely throw of late. I inserted one of my newest slug/innersleeves (I use a custom molded slug that is glued into the IS). It would insert but it would not turn. No problem, I have the two Turbo tools, and using the one with the tapered rubber tip I turn the slug/IS to lock it in only to have the slug break free.

Now the innersleeve is partially locked into the outersleeve so I cannot use the other tool (the "jack") to extract the IS. With the slug no longer in the ball, the rubber tipped Turbo tool won't work.

Any tips on how I might get this IS out relatively undamaged? I do have a de-olier if heating it is the way to go.

Thanks,

Viper/Joe
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Re: Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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Glue another slug in the inner sleeve. Drilled a 1" hole in the slug. Use tool to remove slug/sleve.
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Re: Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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snick wrote:Glue another slug in the inner sleeve. Drilled a 1" hole in the slug. Use tool to remove slug/sleve.
Thanks Snick. I'll let you know how it goes. I'll have to obtain another slug to glue into the OS. But did want to ask, what if I just glued it 3/4 the way in and then used some large pliers?
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Re: Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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Snick,

Problem solved! A friend of mine suggested taking a pair of needle-nosed pliers and inserting the tips into the notches IOT turn the sleeve. This worked, moving the innersleeve enough that I could then use Turbo's "the Jack" tool to pull it out of the ball.

It looks like neither the IS nor the OS suffered any damage so I will re-glue the slug to the IS, using a two-part epoxy adhesive instead of the superglue.

Joe
Last edited by Viper on April 1st, 2017, 7:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Turbo Innersleeve Wedged into Ball

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Good tip. Thanks for sharing.
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