How to get dent out of driver?

[dandaco]

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get a dent out of the toe of my Bang 450 driver with 10* loft? If yes, how does one fix this. It does not affect playability but I hate the sight of it. Pls see attached pic.


Tx in advance

[jvincent]

No idea how to get this out, but I have to ask, how did it get there in the first place?

[Slammin' Stever]

Dandaco,
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but as far as know there is nothing that can be done. These are 4 piece forged heads. The integrity of the club is now suspect. Your dent is very close to where the welds are from the face and side. Pay close attention that a crack does not develop along these seams. It also appears from the picture that your head seams to be coming loose from the shaft. This has been known to happen on extreme "off" hits. Depending on the force applied sometimes the shaft goes soon afterward also. This is due to the the severe "twisting' of the component head at impact causing a stress facture or break in the graphite wrap or weave.

The only answer to stop hits like this is to practise at lower control speeds or get yourself a two piece investment cast head that I sell, like the Bang-o-matic of Ashton components. These are the few heads that can take a knock like that on the toe and not fold in.

Hope this helps!

Steve

[Chieflongtee]

The following from Tim Hewitt: http://www.myostrichgolf.com/

Quote:
You can pull the dent like an auto-body shop would. Drill a hole in the
middle of the dent, insert a puller and pull it out. Once you do this,
fill the remaining depression with auto-body filler and repaint -
prepping as needed first of course.

Quite a lot of work to save a driver head though.

Custom Club Coatings will also remove dents. You might ask them for a
quote - though I think you'll have to send a picture of the damage.
http://www.customclubcoatings.com/

[Slammin' Stever]

I would still question the integrity of the driver once you drilled a hole in it. We are not talking fixing a dent in a car here. There are not to many Titanium Forged automobiles on the roads these days. Titanium is light weight, thin and brittle compared to steel. These heads are designed and constructed to disperse energy properly and to hold up to squarely applied force but only if the head is sound and the integrity of the component is still in tack.

I would like to see a before and after picture of this " drill, pull, fill & fix" process on a titanium head. I would then like to see another picture of the driver taken 6 months later after the abuse!

My suggestion would be if you do not like the looks of your driver. If your shaft is still sound buy yourself another head and get it professionally installed. Save yourself what could be alot of time, effort, frustration and money.

Stever

[Chieflongtee]

Granted. That is why Tim added this:
Quite a lot of work to save a driver head though.