How to dampen sound of G425

[MikeW2]

1 hour ago, J13 said:

 

Because I do hotmelt work and I don't want yarn to take all my business 🤣

 

Seriously though, a few reasons.  1. You miss an opportunity to dial in your driver and make it better by adding weight in a concentrated area instead of being limited by OEM weight ports. 2. USGA deems it illegal for play.  If those two things don't bother you then have at it.  

Thanks, the specificity makes sense and I didn’t realize it was a rules violation.

[Kowaluk]

On 8/25/2021 at 10:03 PM, ZipinZ said:

I stuffed about 40 ft of $1.99 Walmart yarn into my G425 to get the s/w up to D5, it also helped muffle the alum bat sound a bit. After 2 rounds I didn't like the heavy s/w & used a thin piece of wire & bent a small hook to fish out about 25 ft to get the s/w down to D3.  Prefer the lighter s/w & it still sounds better than with no yarn at all.

 

Take a Hex key or Allen key & remove the plastic screw next to the shaft & stuff away, just don't get too carried away your also adding s/w to the head. 

 

The second pic is my garage engineered custom yarn stuffing tool, piece of solid strand wire with 1/8" covering removed, makes stuffing fast & easy.

 

For your consideration.

 

Cheers

 

David

 

 

Metric or imperial Allen key ? Assuming imperial ? As it’s a diffrent size then the tinker tool for the driver 

[ZipinZ]

35 minutes ago, Kowaluk said:

Metric or imperial Allen key ? Assuming imperial ? As it’s a diffrent size then the tinker tool for the driver 

 

Sorry ... don't recall, my Allen Keys are all mixed up in tin box, I fumbled around until I found 1 that fit ... it's a common size you shouldn't have a problem finding one that works.  I'm still gaming the driver with the yarn, still sounds muted to me.

 

D.

[Kowaluk]

1 hour ago, ZipinZ said:

 

Sorry ... don't recall, my Allen Keys are all mixed up in tin box, I fumbled around until I found 1 that fit ... it's a common size you shouldn't have a problem finding one that works.  I'm still gaming the driver with the yarn, still sounds muted to me.

 

D.

Ya I’m going to add 3 Cotton balls tmrw just to try & mute it a bit . Don’t wanna change swing weight but enough to dampen it 

[ZipinZ]

12 minutes ago, Kowaluk said:

Ya I’m going to add 3 Cotton balls tmrw just to try & mute it a bit . Don’t wanna change swing weight but enough to dampen it 

Me thinks you'll need a few more than 3 to make any sort of a difference, as well yarn is much easier to fish out if it doesn't work.  Hope you get your desired results.

 

D.

[Stuart_G]

If you can find the right spot - just 1-2 gm of lead tape can do wonders at dampening the sound of a driver.    And believe me, if you want to use cotton or yarn - you'll likely need to add a similar amount of weight (or likely more) if you want to keep the club conforming.   The head can't have anything that could move around inside if you want to keep in conforming to the rules.