Predator Shaft Stripped out

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To make a long story short, I bought a predator jump cue from fellow AZ'r. The cue is in pristine condition but it has a slight problem, the joint pin is a stubby radial pin (uniloc I believe) going into a tapped wood hole in the shaft. There is very little play as I screw on the shaft but it never tightens. I bought this cue for a friend and I have a few options. Send it back to the person I bought it from, send it to predator to get fixed or fix it myself. I would prefer to fix it myself (most likely the cheapest solution even though I need a tap that I don't have. Ive used the CA and re-tap method before (didn't work so well but the threads were in pretty bad shape), Ive bored, plugged the hole with phenolic, bored and tapped (worked great). I've just never done it with a radial pin before. Is there anything specific I need to know about doing it with a radial pin? I assume I need a uniloc radial tap which I was planning on getting anyways? Is there another method that I should try before doing this? All comments appreciated.

Richard
 
With a phenolic insert, I would just use the regular radial tap.

The big thing to keep in mind is that the shaft on the Air jump cue is not maple. Drilling and tapping into it is a little tricky because it's soft and not as strong as maple.
 
RBC said:
With a phenolic insert, I would just use the regular radial tap.

The big thing to keep in mind is that the shaft on the Air jump cue is not maple. Drilling and tapping into it is a little tricky because it's soft and not as strong as maple.
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Thanks for the info......am I opening a can of worms?


Richard
 
I believe one of the most difficult things to do is to repair shafts or butts that are already finished, without denting, tearing, chipping the original finish.
 
ratcues said:
I believe one of the most difficult things to do is to repair shafts or butts that are already finished, without denting, tearing, chipping the original finish.
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I've had real good luck working on finished cues (knock on wood) but then again I'm pretty anal and I'm overly careful on unfinished cues because I don't have enough experience to know what will and wont cause a problem later in the process. What takes most cuemakers 10-20 minutes probably takes me an hour just because I'm me. Of course making those mistakes on unfinished cues now would probably help me out quite a bit in the future. I just don't like to screw up. Thanks for the tips though. I'm gonna order that tap today and hopefully get a chance to fix it this weekend. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Richard
 
hey man ive had some experience with this issue. i had it bored and plugged twice. lets just say the first guy didnt know what he was doing. the second cue maker repaired it by boring it and the inserting a plug of ebony and then tapping that. i can say before the cue hit great and now after somehow it hits better. good luck with the repair
 
jfais1717 said:
hey man ive had some experience with this issue. i had it bored and plugged twice. lets just say the first guy didnt know what he was doing. the second cue maker repaired it by boring it and the inserting a plug of ebony and then tapping that. i can say before the cue hit great and now after somehow it hits better. good luck with the repair
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Thanks for the idea, I was wondering if anyone had plugged one with some hardwood.

Richard
 
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