Butt-end vs. xxx-lite

[juiced 0]

Hey, i just bought a xxx-lite from the states but im almost six four so i always need to put butt-ends in my sticks. the thing is, when i try to put a butt-end in the stick it only goes in about two of the three inches then stops. no matter how much i heat it up or fast i push it in it just doesnt go in any farther. does this have something to do with the shape of the shaft and if i cut about an inch off the "inside" part would it still hold?

[top 0]

To me it sounds like there something stuck inside your stick.

To me it sounds like there something stuck inside your stick. Look inside with a light or something, if there something try to get it out if not i have no clue.

[juiced 0]

ya, ive already tried a light and everything. it doesnt make sense because i measjured the butt end and it doesnt change size or anything so whatever, it doesnt make sense.

[BK 0]

Maybe too much glue on the butt end? Some of the butt ends I have used had to be shaved down and some of the glue taken off. When I had a wooden one in my tps shaft, I had to take off all the glue. That didn't work and it was still a little too big, so I shaved it down a little bit and it fit nicely.

[odp 0]

Use a flashlight to take a look down the top of the shaft to see if there's a "wrap" on the inside. I had a pro-stock One90 that had some sort of plastic-like wrap on the inside. I think somebody posted a thread about this sometime in the last month, with One90's. I wouldn't be too surprised if it applied to XXX-lites as well.

[blueliner27 12]

Use a flashlight to take a look down the top of the shaft to see if there's a "wrap" on the inside. I had a pro-stock One90 that had some sort of plastic-like wrap on the inside. I think somebody posted a thread about this sometime in the last month, with One90's. I wouldn't be too surprised if it applied to XXX-lites as well.

It's me. In this case, it wouldn't work out since the XXXlite is too thin inside.

[tips09 0]

i saw a picture somewhere on here with a person with a prostock xxx lite that had some sort of wrap inside the shaft so im guessing that could be the problem

[BK 0]

The "wrap" is just the bladder they use to keep the shaft in shape while it cures.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Take a rod and push the plastic bag down in the shaft.

[iron Ghost 0]

I had to use a radius end for my xxx lite shaft plus some tape to fill in

[Dman33 0]

i saw a picture somewhere on here with a person with a prostock xxx lite that had some sort of wrap inside the shaft so im guessing that could be the problem

yeah that was mine, it was like a second shaft inside the stick.

[DEATHTRON 19]

The plastic bag is what they build around for the shaft. With this building process the inside of the shaft is not completely perfect, (shape wise it is not symetrical all the way around/up and down) so what you might have to do is shave down the butt end some.

Zach