McDermott Bumper
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mcdermott sells a special set of pliers to remove this bumper, at least they did when that bumper came out 7-8 years ago. a friend bought me and him both a pair for i think about $10 apiece.
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I grip the bumper with plyers & pull it to the side, just far enough to get a screw driver under the bumper's lip. pry up, while pulling & it will come out pretty easy. When you put it back, just get it in the best you can & then bang it on the floor. It will pop right back in...JER
I grip the bumper with plyers & pull it to the side, just far enough to get a screw driver under the bumper's lip. pry up, while pulling & it will come out pretty easy. When you put it back, just get it in the best you can & then bang it on the floor. It will pop right back in...JER
I would never go near the butt cap with a screw driver or plyers, I have always used my thumbs and push away, they come right out. It would be my luck, if I used a tool to get it out, the butt cap would break.
> A close friend brought me a base model McD with the hard,slick bumper today,and needed it fixed because the weight bolt had come loose and was making racket. I tried and tried to no avail to get the bumper out,and eventually called him back to tell him I couldn't get it out without chewing the bumper up any worse than I already had,even though it wasn't that important to him. He told me to do whatever it took to fix it,even if I had to destroy it. That was precisely what it took too. This was apparently the first time it had ever been removed,and was partially stuck in the recessed butt with their thick UV finish. No matter how I tried to push it out,or pry it out with pliers,after taping it off to keep from creating unwanted finish damage,nothing worked. I finally wound up taking a small,pointed stone and putting it in my Dremel,and melting a hole 1/2 way thru the side,turning it around and doing the same,then inserting a 3/16 Allen wrench and pulling it out,and even then it took effort. I was amazed at the size of the weight bolt,which only had about 1" worth of threads,right up next to the shoulder. The other 4" or so was unthreaded,and slid into place before the threads engaged. The threads were unstripped,which I worried about ahead of time knowing that 3/8-16 wood threads are pretty fragile. I took the bolt and centerdrilled it down in the recess for the Allen wrench,then drilled and tapped 8-32 threads,allowing me to fabricate/install a new bumper. I wiped some Titebond down into the wood with a Q-Tip,and some on the bolt,and reinstalled,making sure I got it snug. I took a house cue bumper,and measured it against the butt cap,and it fit but looked goofy. I reshaped it to look more like the D-series McD bumper,using diamond-coated steel sharpening stones and a Revlon nail file,while spinning in the lathe. There is no cosmetic damage to the butt or finish,and the bumper looks better than the original. Another thing that surprised me was the ferrule tenon while changing the tip. The tenon was off center pretty bad,and corrected by turning it back round,with a correspondingly thin wall on one side,LOL. I didn't even try to fix that. Tommy D.
Tommy-D said:
Hi Tom
There has been lots of changes since the new owners are not the name of the cue.
On my McDermott I had to remove the bumper to replace the buttcap that mysteriously cracked in to placed when I had it stored...the only way I got it out was to cut it flush and pry out the rest...I couldn't get it out in one piece no matter what...
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They still make the pliers the pop them off and they also used to have an allen wrench with a spade on the long end. It slid under the edge of the bumper and then popped it off. I suppose you could do that with a flathead screwdriver but be careful!
If you damage the bumper, we sell replacements for $3.95.
If you damage the butt cap, I can replace it for $30.
If you damage the bumper, we sell replacements for $3.95.
If you damage the butt cap, I can replace it for $30.
Michael Webb said:
My hands are always very dry and I even have trouble trying to break a cue down. I keep boxes of latex surgical gloves around for when doing stains or a lot of glue work. If I put a pair of the gloves on I usually can pop them off. A little moisture (spit) on the end of the bumper makes them pop back in easily.
Dick