lloyd80s Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 If anyone can help me with this it'd be great, I've got a #3 which is mounted lower than some of my other making it feel a tad more easy than most of the others. I'm trying to remove the handles, drill down 3 or 4 mm and re-mount it but I've go no idea how to get the handles off. I tried boiling water on them and twisting but they wont budge! Does andone have any tips? Thanks, Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taekwondo911 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 If anyone can help me with this it'd be great, I've got a #3 which is mounted lower than some of my other making it feel a tad more easy than most of the others.I'm trying to remove the handles, drill down 3 or 4 mm and re-mount it but I've go no idea how to get the handles off. I tried boiling water on them and twisting but they wont budge! Does andone have any tips? Thanks, Lloyd ask magnus I am pretty sure he knows how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd80s Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Browne Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Have you ever personally removed a COC spring from the handles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Try just boiling it first. All you really wanna do is soften the epoxy. And no, heating it w/ the gun doesn't affect the handles at all. Here's a 250 I did. As you can see, it didn't affect them at all: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7817 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7818 Edited February 15, 2009 by Magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Have you ever personally removed a COC spring from the handles? Not any CoCs, just a bunch of my my HGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Browne Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Have you ever personally removed a COC spring from the handles? Not any CoCs, just a bunch of my my HGs. Ok. Just to give a tip. The COC springs are extremely difficult to remove. The spring legs are set about 2 1/4 inches deep into the handles. You have to actually stand over top of the gripper while twisitng and pulling up on the spring like your life depended on it. It is best to have inserted rubber jaws in the vice as well because you can mar the handles. The rubber jaws are magnatized and are placed on the vice jaws for protection. The job is a real bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Have you ever personally removed a COC spring from the handles? Not any CoCs, just a bunch of my my HGs. Ok. Just to give a tip. The COC springs are extremely difficult to remove. The spring legs are set about 2 1/4 inches deep into the handles. You have to actually stand over top of the gripper while twisitng and pulling up on the spring like your life depended on it. It is best to have inserted rubber jaws in the vice as well because you can mar the handles. The rubber jaws are magnatized and are placed on the vice jaws for protection. The job is a real bear Sounds like fun I've been cake-walk remounting w/ the HGs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd80s Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Try just boiling it first. All you really wanna do is soften the epoxy. And no, heating it w/ the gun doesn't affect the handles at all. Here's a 250 I did. As you can see, it didn't affect them at all: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7817 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7818 I've just had it in a pot of boiling water (much to my wife disaproval) for about 10 minutes and still it wont budge!! Shall I just give up on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micrent Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Try just boiling it first. All you really wanna do is soften the epoxy. And no, heating it w/ the gun doesn't affect the handles at all. Here's a 250 I did. As you can see, it didn't affect them at all: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7817 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7818 I've just had it in a pot of boiling water (much to my wife disaproval) for about 10 minutes and still it wont budge!! Shall I just give up on this one? If you can't break it free with a vice, then yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 be careful with the heat gun in this process. those put out temps high enough to change the temper of the spring if your not careful. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 be careful with the heat gun in this process. those put out temps high enough to change the temper of the spring if your not careful.- Aaron Yeah, I usually only heat toward the middle of the handle in order to avoid that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Try just boiling it first. All you really wanna do is soften the epoxy. And no, heating it w/ the gun doesn't affect the handles at all. Here's a 250 I did. As you can see, it didn't affect them at all: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7817 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7818 I've just had it in a pot of boiling water (much to my wife disaproval) for about 10 minutes and still it wont budge!! Shall I just give up on this one? I would give up on boiling. I couldn't get it to work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyj75 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Heat one handle really good with a heat gun (1000w or so). Now wrap the handle in a single piece of leather, and put it horizontally in a vice. Now stick a piece of pipe (wrapped in tape to protect the spring) through the spring, and evenly twist back and forth until it comes out. Then just repeat with the other one. Thanks mate, only trouble is.....I don't haved a heat gun. Is there any other way you know of? Also if I did get a heat gun wouldn't it cause the handle to look like crap after being heated? Try just boiling it first. All you really wanna do is soften the epoxy. And no, heating it w/ the gun doesn't affect the handles at all. Here's a 250 I did. As you can see, it didn't affect them at all: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7817 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?autocom...si&img=7818 I've just had it in a pot of boiling water (much to my wife disaproval) for about 10 minutes and still it wont budge!! Shall I just give up on this one? I would give up on boiling. I couldn't get it to work either. Yeah, me neither. Got my gripper really clean though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'd like to know what kind of epoxy IM uses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 if the epoxy is holding that well after boiling and careful heatgun work, I would think it would be only a small percentage of them that are removable without damaging either the spring temper or the handles in the process. Might be better to not try to remove them on the IM grippers at least. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Browne Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 if the epoxy is holding that well after boiling and careful heatgun work, I would think it would be only a small percentage of them that are removable without damaging either the spring temper or the handles in the process. Might be better to not try to remove them on the IM grippers at least.- Aaron I have removed IM #3 and #4 springs from their handles. This was done for the purpose of using the springs in an extended 9 inch single handle. It was an extremely difficult task. But it was accommplished and no damage done to the spring or handles. I will never want to do it again. Some type of extractor tool is need for these springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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