7- Installing a New Golf Club Shaft and Clubhead

The next thing you will want to do when installing a new golf club shaft and clubhead is to slide the clubhead onto the shaft as far as you can.  Next, take hold of the head in one hand and the shaft in the other and spin the head back and forth a few times.  This will make sure you have an even coating of epoxy on all surfaces.

If you have any alignment markings, or a logo on your shaft now is the time to put it where you want it.  Some people, including myself, do not want to see any graphics when addressing the ball so they will put the graphics down.  Others will want to use the graphics for alignment purposes, or they just think it looks better, and will put the graphics up.  The choice is yours.

Now you will want to make sure that the shaft is fully seated in the bottom of the hosel.  There are a couple of ways to do this:

• The first is to tap the butt end of the shaft down on a concrete floor or steel plate while holding onto the head.  You will probably have to tap quite hard to get it to seat.  When it finally does hit the bottom you will hear a slightly different noise when you tap it down.
• The second is to clamp the head into a vice, (using rubber clamping pads) and drive the shaft into the hosel.  Place a block of wood on the butt of the shaft and tap it with a hammer.  Again, you will hear a slightly different sound when it finally taps home.

Double check your shaft alignment at this time.  Make any adjustments necessary.

Now is the time to clean up any epoxy that has squeezed out and is running down the shaft or head.  It is a whole lot easier to clean it up now rather than later after it has dried.  Using epoxy wipes is the easiest way to do this. 

After the club is cleaned up, lean it up against a wall someplace where it won't get knocked down.  I like to store the clubs vertically, with the clubhead down, while letting the epoxy dry.  This prevents the epoxy from running down the shaft.  If this were to happen, eventually little pieces of epoxy would break off and would rattle around inside your club.  That would be annoying! 

Now wait 24 hours before moving on to step 8.

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