Well this sucks...end plug help

[Lfntn10 0]

Well, I wanted to bring my old Stealth back into commission, so I decided I wanted to add an end plug to it to regain some of the flex. However, when I took it to my LHS, the guy told me that whoever sawed off my stick last, did not remove the composite endplug and now its stuck inside the shaft. Anyway of getting it out? (now the LAST thing I want to do is saw off the portion of the stick to where it ends). heres a pic:

[althoma1 575]

Use a screw and either a srew driver or drill and get the screw part way into the end plug. Then, heat the end of the stick with a heat gun and use a pair of pliers or a vice and grip the screw - you should then be able to pull out the end plug.

[Rustpot 1]

stick a screwdriver in there, crank it sideways, heat 'er up and pull up.

either that or fine a slight hooked instrument like a coat hanger to catch the bottom lip of the plug, heat and remove

[Lfntn10 0]

now theres a problem...I dont know how far in it is, because I was able to stick an entire pencil in there, trying to find the bottom.

[Doctor Hook 0]

Idea, and it may be a crappy one, but...how about shaving down the wood plug so it fits in that hole?

[rtwng20 0]

i think the idea with the screw is your best bet, but i'll go one step further. drill a hole into the cap, and pick up a small, i forget what they are called, but they are used for mounting things after a wall is already built. as you turn the bolt the wings open up. any hardware store would know what you were talking about. this would insure that the screw just doesn't keep pulling out of the plug. you'll probably have to use a heat gun also. try asking for an ancor bolt or wing bolt i've seen them used behind drywall. sorry i could not think of the name.

[jjalb29 0]

The end plug should be no more than about 3 inches into the shaft....heat it up with a heat gun like normal....How about screwing a j-hook onto a small piece of wood that would fit in there so you can hook it...kinda like the coat hanger idea, but maybe a little stronger.

Pure Macgyver style!

[TBLfan 25]

i don't think the plug is closed at the end(I could be wrong). Take a large fishing hook or whatever can hook the end of the plug heat it up and pull it out. Should be a piece of cake.

BTW With wood plugs it's easy, cork screw or screw and some pliers.

[Rustpot 1]

i don't think the plug is closed at the end(I could be wrong). Take a large fishing hook or whatever can hook the end of the plug heat it up and pull it out. Should be a piece of cake.

BTW With wood plugs it's easy, cork screw or screw and some pliers.

They're not closed. The one I yanked from a broken SL became white near the bottom and it also became very thin, almost knife-edge thin. The entire thing is hollow as far as I thought, I can try to find it tonight to show the bottom if he hasn't solved the problem by then.

I was referring to hooking the lip that is right at the top of the shaft, most visible in the pic.

I'd just put my nomex glove on and pul it out with my finger after heating, you can probably grab that with a rag or something to the same effect.

[TBLfan 25]

the composite plugs I've bought(stealth plugs) had about a 2-3mm thickness, plenty to grab with a fishing hook and some pliers. It's also not soo tight that they don't just pop out, especially when you don't have the vacuum effect.

[mackallica 0]

I may be stupid and missing a key bit of information. But, I THINK what the worker meant was that the person who cut your stick didn't remove the plug from the sawed off portion of the stick, leaving it lost in the trash. It's not physically in your current stick, but in the peice of the stick that is no longer there.

But maybe I'm mis-reading.

[kornsined 0]

I did that by accident too and just used pliers to get it out. Heat it up first.

I actually noticed putting a wood endplug made the stick feel better then the composite plug in my old stealth.

[Viking 1]

This may be a bad idea, and also not work, but I'll think aloud anyway. What if you just heated it up, and pushed it a little further down in the shaft? It would still be in there, but you'd at least be able to get the new plug in there. I know a few grams of weight is a big deal to some guys (which is why they can sell OPS's), but that's all I could see it really effecting - unless it's so long/it went down far enough to effect the flex... That's not the first thing I'd try, but if all else failed, I'd maybe give it a go.