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It's a 3 piece slate in a basement, so they had to assemble ours on site. Appreciate the link though!

Thanks for this! I actually did grab one of those torque wrenches today and tightened the bolts. ALL of them were under 5 ft lbs. After tightening, the rails play much more responsive. Still a little funny, but need more time to tell whether it’s the new cloth or the rails themselves. Now I’m...

For context, I'm not a mechanic. I'm a better than average player, and a reasonably effective DIY-er. For someone like me, how do I know that my installer did quality work? What types of things should I check? We recently bought a new Diamond Pro-Am from a local dealer. The question comes from...

Got it, that makes sense. I know the best thing to do is get something custom made, but I might just be okay with close enough as long as I'm not compromising the cue too much. I might take a flier on that cuefits part, and trust that I can make something work. This has been a super helpful...

That looks like a slick insert, and once you can fit the predator bumper, options are plentiful. A couple questions if you don't mind? It looks like you also have the step down from the insert at the widest point to the piece just before the threads. Is that right? I assume as long as there's...

Also, for anyone reading this thread in the future, the way I got the bolt out was to use a borrowed soldering iron with a thin pointed tip, and heat the bolt up like they showed in the Schon video I posted earlier. Then I mimicked the bench mounted flat bar in the Schon video by clamping a 1/2...

Okay, resurrecting this thread from a couple weeks ago since I was finally able to get that weight bolt out. I've got measurements for my cue, and a decent idea what I'm working with now. But I also have some more questions: The inside looks pretty identical to this picture Sheldon posted...

Appreciate everyone's help so far. Now I'm struggling more than I ever expected to get the existing weight bolt out so I can take those measurements. It holds a magnet, so it appears to be steel. But despite all my efforts, I can't get the thing to budge. I've tried screw drivers clamped to a...

This version of the cuefits part looks (to my untrained eye) to be the same thing as that other picture. They do mention needing a spacer for cues with a recess in the butt cap. https://www.cuefits.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=310 The other advantage to that cuefits one for me...

Do you mind sharing which cuefits parts you used?

I have removed the bumper, but haven't been able to remove the weight bolt yet. I just don't have a suitable piece of metal to slot into the bolt. It's an aluminum bolt, so I don't want to mess around with screw drivers and such and jack up the slot. This pic is helpful though. I see what you...

Thanks for both of these! I heard great things about Rick's work. Appreciate the insight and taking the time to find the pics!

This looks promising! Unsure which one I need to order, so going to take some measurements and see if they can help me figure that out. Thank you for this!

Thanks for this insight. I was looking at something like this from Jacoby that might replace the weight bolt and bumper, which seems like it should fill up the butt cap. I should have probably posted some pictures with my question to make it more clear what I was considering. I also see the...

Thanks, that's the Rick Roper I referenced who's not currently working. I already reached out to him.