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RotoGripFan

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Switch Grips?
« on: October 19, 2004, 08:19:45 PM »
My Questions is for all the users or pro shop owners, that sell or brought switch grips is, How much is it going to cost me on average for 6 Balls to get redrilled up and to have 2 innerchangeable slugs. I like to know how much things are going to cost me before i go and talk to the pro shop. Thanks!!
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C-G ProShop-Carl

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Re: Switch Grips?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2004, 08:23:44 AM »
At my shop when someone wants this done they pay $17 per inner sleave to be installed in each ball, then they pay about $20 for each inner sleave they want.

It is a great system......a great concept. You have to be sure of a couple of things....#1- have it installed by someone that has done it before. It is very tricky at first. #2- Have the pro shop find out for sure that the sleaves they are getting are the second group sent out by Turbo. They had alot of problems with the first group. They actually recalled the first group of sleaves, but some distributors still have them. I drilled some inner sleaves for a customer that actually broke out of the ball while he was throwing it. It is a known problem with the first batch, and Turbo is trying to correct that problem.

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Re: Switch Grips?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2004, 09:06:11 AM »
I've been using them for almost a year now. Switch grips are great, I have 5 different inserts to go to. 2 are my normal size thumb and then I have a couple larger and one a bit tighter for days that are hot/cold. Make sure whoever does the work knows what they are doing. There is a "ring" at the bottom of the insert that must not be hit by the drill. This "ring" is the strength potion that keeps the switch grip in place. I learned the hard way what a little humidity and swelling can do to a switch grip whos strength has been compromised by drilling into that "ring" can do. The slug litterally tor out of the ball at the release. This happened in front of the Turbo rep and upon inspection he pointed out how the drill had been allowed to drill too deep. Since this time I always check that the insert has been properly drilled and I've never had an issue since.
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