Broadhead tuned yesterday. Tightened them up pretty good except now my broadheads are shooting 2.5 inches to the left of my field points, meaning I'm overspined. I tried using a butane torch to slowly heat the field tip to pull out the inserts which are seated inside the arrow....that didnt work out real well. Lol. I have never seen insert adhesive like the pic I'm sending. I even slowly heated my arrows on the stove today on med low and the frigging inserts wont budge! You ever seen anything like this?
I've never seen anything like that. I'm guessing it's epoxy. You can try the drill bit trick. Take nock off and put a drill bit in the end and whip it so the bit slides down the shaft as you whip it. Just be careful, because it will come out with alot of force and can break windows. Another option might be get a higher grain broadheads or a footer to add weight to front of arrow and weaken the spine? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
Can you put a turn in you limb bolts? 2.5 inches at 20 isn't much and little more weight should clear that up. Those inserts are epoxied in, they arent coming out with heat. The only way you MAY get them out out is using a drill bit as swing slide, slip it in the nock end and swing till they busy loose...do it were it won't break anything when it does come free.
I tried brother but I'm maxed out on the limbs at 60lbs. I'm gonna have to buy new arrows or just buy some 150 grain broadheads and field points..probably do that.
I wrote the company and ask them if I can mail the arrows back in and they could send me another dozen. I work too hard for my money to be dealing with this. thanks for the help guys
Haha, not me. My buddy owned a bow shop and he blew out one of the big windows in his show room doing this Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
and the drill bit thing didn't work for me either. I am going to have to cut my Piledrivers down just behind the insert.
Your offer is much appreciated but I cant. I'm hoping the company works with me but if they dont....a country boy can survive. Or at least a pseudo suburban country boy can survive. Haha
There is a company that lets you try broadheads before you buy them. Lusk @Bowhuntr64 posted about them awhile back. Can't remember the name but it was really reasonable. PM him if he doesn't see this reference, he's really responsive. I was going to give the company a whirl this season, but then I looked in my bin of broadheads and see about 4 different kinds new in the packages and I realized I have a serious broadhead addiction problem. That would be like sitting on several kilos of cocaine and thinking...this is fun and all, but maybe it's time to buy a couple pounds of meth, too.
That ribbon epoxy is a new one for me. Basic two part epoxy will break down at about 180 degrees F. Did it with fishing rods and golf clubs. However...there is a caveat here. I tried to remove a tip to fix a rod. Wouldn't budge with heat! Called the factory and they said it was a proprietary adhesive. Fellow bought a new tip section.
These guys at this archery spot are ticking me off. I asked them who epoxied the arrows and how to remove. They tell me something and I tried it and it failed. Ask for s refund and I'll send back unused arrows. Nope they wont do it. Now they are telling me high heat on a field tip while I twist over and over. We shall see. Oh well it's almost hunting season. Gotta let it go and keep moving.
Www.lancasterarchey.com will allow you to order by the shaft. You could just get 1 arrow in a stiffer spine that matches what you are shooting to make sure that will fix the problem before dropping the money on a half or full dozen. They will cut it to length and glue inserts for a couple of bucks if you don't want to do it yourself. It does come bare shaft though, so you would have to fletch it. One arrow cut, insert glued and shipped will probably be less than $15 depending upon the brand an arrow model. This is how I order all my arrows since I enjoy the building process. Sometimes I order 1, sometimes 4. Totally up to you.
