I drilled up two new balls this morning. Both I installed Vise - IT thumbs. One went in perfect, no issues, the thumb turns easily and is flush with the surface of the ball (same as the previous three I had installed). On my second ball this morning, it appeared as through the core material swelled a little bit after drilling the 1 5/16" hole as the bottom was tight. Running my finger along the inside, I could feel a "bulge.". I took my bevel sander and ran up and down the thumb several times until it smoothed out. Still a slight bulge from the core, but the installation tool would spin 90% free (still a bit of resistance, but not bad). I made sure the main and the small holes were cleaned out and installed the Ball-IT piece.
When I checked this one, about 1/16" of the inner slug is above the surface of the ball on the edge. The slug will also move about another 1 /32" up and down.
Seems like somehow I didn't get the Ball-IT completely seated properly. Has anyone had this issue before? I don't think that I did anything differently.
The only real difference was the core bulge. Has anyone seen this before?
The big question is how to recover from this? I guess drill out the Ball-IT and plug the bottom of the hole? Is there any way to save some of the pieces, or is it a lost cause?
Thanks
Scott
