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Chazman819

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core separation
« on: August 11, 2003, 06:18:55 PM »
I have a question, I have an old king cobra that I do not want to get rid of, where the core has separated from the coverstock. I was told by my pro shop driller and by AMF that it can be fixed by basically plugging the gap, is this true? And if so, how effective will the ball be? And if there is another way to fix it, what is it?

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Chaz
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tburky

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Re: core separation
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2003, 11:05:26 AM »
The first batch of turbo x's separated as well. When this happened they did not hit.  I had 2 excaliburs that done the same thing.  More recently, I had an adrenaline and 2 v2's separate. I have none from storm or brunswick. As for plugging the gap...I am very skeptical about it.  However, I am not saying it can't be done.

Edited on 8/12/2003 11:15 AM
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PJM300

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Re: core separation
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2003, 12:02:17 PM »
This can be done.  I had it done on an old AMF cobra of mine.  It worked fine.
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T-GOD

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Re: core separation
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2003, 12:09:33 PM »
Yes, the ball can be fixed. Just pour plug into the thumb hole. It will soak into the ball and harden. The core will now be solid again. You may have to run the drill bit back down through the thumb hole and/or finger holes, if too much plug is poured into the hole. =:^D
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Chazman819

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Re: core separation
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2003, 12:34:29 PM »
ok cool, the ball still works ok, but when you listen to it hit the pins, it is very different then before. A rep at AMF actually told me that if you keep using a ball with a separated core that the core will actually shatter.

So there should be no real difference in ball reaction when it is fixed?
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Pastel Killer - Icon

Yes...I name my bowling balls...and as you can see those names are real original...so if you have any suggestions on what a better name would be, please let me know!

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Pinbuster

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Re: core separation
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2003, 01:03:35 PM »
Like Bob said the original excalibur’s did this a lot. I had one that the core separated in and threw it for a couple more seasons and shot 3 300’s with it broken.  It doesn’t effect the performance.

The plug in the thumb trick might work if the thumb is drilled into the core where the plug can fill the gap between the core and the shell. If the ball is close on gross weight it might make it go over but the amount of weight added will be very little.

I saw a Rhino T2 once that the thumb was drilled into the core and you could feel the core move slightly, maybe an 1/8 of an inch. That essentially made the ball unusable with the thumb hole shifting. We plugged it and it worked fine.
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