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weekend hacker
12th June 2010, 10:17 AM
i need some help , i played on thursday and for some reason my driver sounded different and i noticed a loss in distance . Its a bridgestone j33 r 460 . The pro had a look and couldnt notice any cracks so he put the head in the sink filled with water and no bubbles came up so he said he doesnt know whats wrong with it . Club is around 16 months old but has only seen around 10 games due to me not getting out much . Is there any other way to check if its cracked or do you suggest send it back to bridgestone .
Thanks
Johnny Canuck
12th June 2010, 10:27 AM
Did you take the headcover off?
Bushka
12th June 2010, 06:46 PM
Maybe its the shaft? If the shaft was split it'd have the same effect right? Might look at pulling the shaft maybe?
Veefore
12th June 2010, 07:12 PM
Putting it into water won't tell you if its cracked unless there is positive pressure inside. It's not a tyre tube.
You can get dycheck (sp?) which is used to crack-test metals or take it to someone who specialises in Non Destructive Testing and get them to check it.
Yellow pages are your friend.
MegaWatty
12th June 2010, 07:41 PM
Left it in your boot during summer?
weekend hacker
13th June 2010, 07:27 AM
thanks for the help . Im thinking of just sending it back and see how i go , half my bag is bridgestone so they might look after me .
morgy
15th June 2010, 12:25 AM
I had a similar issue with my Titleist 907 D1 last year.... Kept playing with it and it came good again! I think it was mostly psychological with me.
weekend hacker
15th June 2010, 02:16 PM
used it yesterday and it was good again , who knows
3oneday
15th June 2010, 02:18 PM
Maybe it had a cold, or flu.
Topdog
15th June 2010, 03:39 PM
Putting it into water won't tell you if its cracked unless there is positive pressure inside. It's not a tyre tube.
You can get dycheck (sp?) which is used to crack-test metals or take it to someone who specialises in Non Destructive Testing and get them to check it.
Yellow pages are your friend.

So you know a little about NDT.

If this happens to anyone in Perth then get in touch and we can have a play at work as we are a NDT equipment supplier and have the odd piece of test equipment laying around.

Now yow have me thinking about testing the face thickness of some drivers.