Piloted shafts

[Doug]

Buying a carbon fiber shaft that will be piloted because the cue that I'm putting it on has piloted shafts. However, after thinking about it I wish I had ordered it as a flat face shaft so it could be used on an assorted group of cues that may be incompatible with this particular pilot. Is there a legitimate downside to having the pilot machined off? I apologize if this subject/question has been previously covered.

 

[cueman]

I build mostly flat faced joints and have cut the pilot off many carbon fiber shafts and predator shafts to fit my cues.
I has not cause any problems so far.

 

[Sheldon]

If you check, the tolerance on most piloted joints is loose enough to render them essentially useless anyway.

 

[Michael Webb]

The majority of the brass inserts I use in my shafts on piloted joints have a longer head to them so they go into the shafts. This way if I have to make one flat faced, it still has a head instead of seeing the threads.

 

[whammo57]

not necessary......... I have made flat faced joints for shafts and replaced piloted shafts.......... never a problem

 

[Doug]

Thanks for your replies. I'll make it a flat face shaft now.