Bent tip Nippon 105S - Excellent Nippon Cust. Serv.

[Hack Daddy]

Opinions, please. Thanks.

 

 

[Ger21]

Yes, a little bit.

[Buzzkill]

Yep!

 

[8602081]

looking at the ferrule..

The shaft might be bent at the base?

 

 

[Hack Daddy]

> @Ger21 said:

> Yes, a little bit.

 

> @Buzzkill said:

> Yep!

>

 

 

> @8602081 said:

> looking at the ferrule..

> The shaft might be bent at the base?

>

>

 

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[Cwebb]

Yeah. I'd bet the shaft tip is bent inside the hosel, in the same direction that the "tilt" in the ferrule would indicate

[Hack Daddy]

> @Cwebb said:

> Yeah. I'd bet the shaft tip is bent inside the hosel, in the same direction that the "tilt" in the ferrule would indicate

 

Problem is, I can't discern if it was a bad bend job, or if it's genuinely bent from hitting...

It's a Nippon Modus 105S

[Cwebb]

> @"Hack Daddy" said:

> > @Cwebb said:

> > Yeah. I'd bet the shaft tip is bent inside the hosel, in the same direction that the "tilt" in the ferrule would indicate

>

> Problem is, I can't discern if it was a bad bend job, or if it's genuinely bent from hitting...

> It's a Nippon Modus 105S

 

It's from hitting. You really can't bend a shaft tip inside the hosel, when adusting for loft/lie. Keep in mind that it will almost always look like the hosel is bent, but what you're showing in that pic, is a shaft tip that's bent inside the hosel 99% of the time. I've worked on lots of them. Believe it or not, it happens a lot

[Hack Daddy]

> @Cwebb said:

> > @"Hack Daddy" said:

> > > @Cwebb said:

> > > Yeah. I'd bet the shaft tip is bent inside the hosel, in the same direction that the "tilt" in the ferrule would indicate

> >

> > Problem is, I can't discern if it was a bad bend job, or if it's genuinely bent from hitting...

> > It's a Nippon Modus 105S

>

> It's from hitting. You really can't bend a shaft tip inside the hosel, when adusting for loft/lie. Keep in mind that it will almost always look like the hosel is bent, but what you're showing in that pic, is a shaft tip that's bent inside the hosel 99% of the time. I've worked on lots of them. Believe it or not, it happens a lot

Guess the question now is, go 105X, or jump to 125/130S...

[Adam C]

> @"Hack Daddy" said:

> > @Cwebb said:

> > > @"Hack Daddy" said:

> > > > @Cwebb said:

> > > > Yeah. I'd bet the shaft tip is bent inside the hosel, in the same direction that the "tilt" in the ferrule would indicate

> > >

> > > Problem is, I can't discern if it was a bad bend job, or if it's genuinely bent from hitting...

> > > It's a Nippon Modus 105S

> >

> > It's from hitting. You really can't bend a shaft tip inside the hosel, when adusting for loft/lie. Keep in mind that it will almost always look like the hosel is bent, but what you're showing in that pic, is a shaft tip that's bent inside the hosel 99% of the time. I've worked on lots of them. Believe it or not, it happens a lot

> Guess the question now is, go 105X, or jump to 125/130S...

 

Heavier shaft means more material and harder to bend like this. If it was caused by you hitting it, the X in that weight will probably suffer the same fate.

[Hack Daddy]

As an update - Nippon replaced the shaft, no questions asked.

 

Check your tips, gentlemen - loft was off 6*. No wonder I was sailing the green by a full club, lol.

[Adam C]

> @"Hack Daddy" said:

> As an update - Nippon replaced the shaft, no questions asked.

>

> Check your tips, gentlemen - loft was off 6*. No wonder I was sailing the green by a full club, lol.

 

This is obvious I realize but I would check the rest of the set. If one is bent, it often has friends.

[Titleist_PT23]

> @"Adam C" said:

> > @"Hack Daddy" said:

> > As an update - Nippon replaced the shaft, no questions asked.

> >

> > Check your tips, gentlemen - loft was off 6*. No wonder I was sailing the green by a full club, lol.

>

> This is obvious I realize but I would check the rest of the set. If one is bent, it often has friends.

I've found the best way to do this is to put some straightedge/ruler up against the hosel and see if the space between the shaft and the straightedge increases. I had one club/shaft that was obviously bent and it ended up that all but two clubs were bent as well (although the other ones were very slight). I know KBS gets bashed the most about this issue, but I am starting to wonder if it happens (bent) slightly quite frequently with any of these lighterweight steel shafts and many people don't know it.