Pin loose... repair question?

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8nout

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So I'm screwing my cue together and I notice that when the shaft and butt snugged up I could still turn the shaft. I only did this for about a half turn. I think the pin is being drawn out of the butt as long as there is space in the shaft.

My question: Can I just unscrew the 3/8-10 pin, drop a small amount of two-part epoxy down the hole and re-seat the pin? First maybe clean the threads with a tap. Sounds easy but experience has taught me that easy things can get complicated fast when you don't know what you are doing.

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8nout said:
So I'm screwing my cue together and I notice that when the shaft and butt snugged up I could still turn the shaft. I only did this for about a half turn. I think the pin is being drawn out of the butt as long as there is space in the shaft.

My question: Can I just unscrew the 3/8-10 pin, drop a small amount of two-part epoxy down the hole and re-seat the pin? First maybe clean the threads with a tap. Sounds easy but experience has taught me that easy things can get complicated fast when you don't know what you are doing.

Thanks for viewing my thread!
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If the pin is loose you need to have the cue repaired by some one who knows what they are doing. If you just attempt to re-glue the pin it may not go back in straight which will cause a major wobble when the shaft is attached.

My advice is take the cue to a Cue maker or Repairman do not do it yourself.

Take care
 
I would think that if the pin is moving as you are tightening the shaft....the joint pin would be pulling straight out?

sounds like the pin will need to be pulled, have the butt plugged and re tapped.

or the shaft threads are stripped, in which case the shaft would need to be plugged and re tapped

Just my view
 
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Instead of drilling & tapping a straight, concentric hole in the butt, some cuemakers simply bore a hole a few thousandths smaller than the OD of the pin, slop it with epoxy & press it in. This often works for longer than you'd think.

However, tightening the shaft works exactly like a "puller" to remove the pressed in pin. Depending on the conditions the cue has been subjected to and/or the strength of the guy tightening the shaft, I've seen pins of all sizes (that were installed this way) pulled loose from their butts.

Fortunately, this makes it easy to remove the pin completely so the butt can be plugged & threaded properly.

IMO, this is what you are dealing with.
 
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