Cue makes strange "ping" sound?

Salamander

Salamander

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I have a cue that makes a rather annoying (for me) "ping" almost metallic sound. The nearest thing that I can equate it to is the sound of some of those aluminum break cues make. At first I thought it might be a real hard tip, but when I put the shafts on another butt, no more "ping".

The cue is made by a respectable cue maker. It has not been abused. Ivory ferrules, ivory joint, 3/8-10 pin, solid coco nose. Butt weight bolt seems to be in tight. No rattles...nothing sounds loose. Any ideas what could be making this sound?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

doug
 
Salamander said:
I have a cue that makes a rather annoying (for me) "ping" almost metallic sound. The nearest thing that I can equate it to is the sound of some of those aluminum break cues make. At first I thought it might be a real hard tip, but when I put the shafts on another butt, no more "ping".

The cue is made by a respectable cue maker. It has not been abused. Ivory ferrules, ivory joint, 3/8-10 pin, solid coco nose. Butt weight bolt seems to be in tight. No rattles...nothing sounds loose. Any ideas what could be making this sound?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

doug
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You might have two weight bolts in there, Doug. I owned a cue a couple years back that had two bolts...one right on top of the other. I'm guessing that it was done after-the fact...or that the cuemaker didn't have one bolt at the weight needed to make it to my specs. The outer-most bolt (closest to the bumper) was secure...but the one above it (under the wrap) was coming loose. Have you taken the weight bolt out to check the bore?

I had another one from a VERY respected cuemaker (I bought it on the secondary market from a dealer) with a horrible buzz/ping combo sound. Turned out that the A-joint was fubar. I got my money back on that one...so I have no clue if/how it was fixed.

Check for double weight bolts first...at least, that's what I would do.

Just an idea. Good luck, sir!!

Mark
 
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8-ball Rat said:
You might have two weight bolts in there, Doug. I owned a cue a couple years back that had two bolts...one right on top of the other. I'm guessing that it was done after-the fact...or that the cuemaker didn't have one bolt at the weight needed to make it to my specs. The outer-most bolt (closest to the bumper) was secure...but the one above it (under the wrap) was coming loose. Have you taken the weight bolt out to check the bore?

I had another one from a VERY respected cuemaker (I bought it on the secondary market from a dealer) with a horrible buzz/ping combo sound. Turned out that the A-joint was fubar. I got my money back on that one...so I have no clue if/how it was fixed.

Check for double weight bolts first...at least, that's what I would do.

Just an idea. Good luck, sir!!

Mark
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If it's not the weight bolt, I'm thinking the bolt connector from the forearm to the handle has too much overdrilled hole and it was filled with epoxy.
 
JoeyInCali said:
If it's not the weight bolt, I'm thinking the bolt connector from the forearm to the handle has too much overdrilled hole and it was filled with epoxy.
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What he said!!

JoeyInCali knows a TON more about cues than I do...so add that to my list of things to check. Makes sense, for sure.

Hope you get it sorted, Doug.

Mark
 
The most common, and easist to check/correct is the weight bolt loosening up. Some even need a little epoxy to hold them tight. Good luck
Dave
 
Never epoxy a weight bolt in, If you feel the bolt is to loose on the threads, a little elmers glue thinned out with water works fine to keep it snug. If after determining it is not the weight bolt, send it to the Cue maker who made it, if available and explain your issues.
 
Thanks everyone. I immediately suspected either a weight bolt issue or the A joint. I'll send the cue back and see what happens.

Thanks,

Doug
 
Salamander said:
Thanks everyone. I immediately suspected either a weight bolt issue or the A joint. I'll send the cue back and see what happens.

Thanks,

Doug
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Before you send it back, have you tried tightening the weight bolt?
 
There's a reason you can't come into the middle of a trial and expect to sit on the jury.
 
this happned to me

a customer picked out one of my cues because of the looks and decided to give it a try.
after a couple days he said he loved the cue but wanted it a bit more weight. he wanted me to add one more once and glue the bolt.
the cue had no weight bolt, so i drilled, tapped and epoxied the 1 oz into place.
he brought the cue back after a couple days and told me the cue had developed a " pong sound ". not on every shot but sometimes when you would hit the cue ball and it would make a ' bong ' sound. so in this instance i know it was the glued in weight bolt.
chuck
 
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