Well giving up on the HD for now. It's too much of cracker and just can't find a surface that matches up for more than a game.



The bridge cracked after about 10-12 games and had a half moon hairline crack around the mid finger. I filled the bridge crack and its been okay since, but crack after crack appears around the fingers after everytime I have used it which hasn't been much.

Then last night a chunk fell out of the ring finger, So I bagged it for the duration.

I see part of the problem the coverstock is "THIN" under a 1/4" at the fingers.

So now I'm trying to decide if I want to fix it or not.

Disappointed I liked how the ball rolled, But all I've done is adjust the cover fishing for a good match and watch it crack as it sets in the bag for 75% of the time.

For now I'll have to stick with my Roto Grips. They hold up better at least for me.

I see Radical is hooking up with Mo, a suggestion for you guys "Make the covers thicker so they can hold up for a while"

Not only is the bridge narrow, the warranty was likely void with the pin that close to the ring finger hole.

That's weird. I don't use grips, and use only 900 and AMF. Never had a problem. Only balls that have cracked on me have been ones that I have plugged the fingers and redrilled it right back into place. And believe me, I've drilled plenty of them.

Ive been making sure to glue my inserts to the filler, and havent had any cracking since. Ive had quite a few crack from alot of manufacturers, drilled by different people. The glue was the only thing I could think of.

Ive been making sure to glue my inserts to the filler, and havent had any cracking since. Ive had quite a few crack from alot of manufacturers, drilled by different people. The glue was the only thing I could think of.

These inserts were glued into the filler (with that 1/4" thick cover you couldn't help but glue them into the filler.)

Now my Roto Grip nomads have a real thick cover and I've had them for quite a while and no cracking.

Looks like the driller drilled the holes too fast or has dull bits or both.  It shouldn't look like bedrock going down into the holes.  It should always be smooth.  You almost have to go slow, 1/4" deep at a time, raise up, vacuum, repeat until it reaches the desired depth.  I've drilled thousands and thousands of balls and only remember less than 10 that had the cracks like your picture.  Does your driller have alot of balls that come out of his shop that crack or is this like a 1 shot deal?

Well bowled 3 games tonight with the repaired Slant HD

The repaired area held up well, but there's a new half moon hairline crack already above the middle finger in coverstock.

I wouldn't recommend this ball, if you have a high track. That 3/16"-1/4" thick cover is too thin to take the pounding around the holes.

The ball filler material needed to be alittle more solid also.

The same thing happened to my Slant HD.  Zoom in and look at the fingers.  Cracks all around both of them.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll178/PBAJS/2012_05270147.jpg

Yep that's it and it won't stop. Had a couple of guy's interested in radical till they saw this happening.

Hope Mo and Brunswick will help them step up on the process.