HIT insert removal?

[Turkhunter]

What is the best way to remove HIT inserts after they have been installed in an arrow?

[Slasher]

Why would you want to??? If it is stripped, I'd go for using a tap....  I have absolutely no clue short of a saw, but then the arrows are too short..Good luck...

[LCH]

If you installed them with the 2 part epoxy they came with they won't come out. I tried the drill bit thing I almost got tennis elbow. I tried heat it destroyed the arrow. I gave up and cut them off from the other end.LCH

[Camp III]

I just drilled 6 out, took about 5 mins.

[Turkhunter]

They are spined for my wheel bow and I thought I would like to try them in my trad bow but I wanted to replace the insert with a hevier brass insert and try to get them to shoot right out of the recurve. I have to remove the inserts to do this and dont want to remove any length.

[L. Harris]

I am not familiar with their design, however, I pull the nock out of my GTs and use a steel cleaning rod for a rifle to knock mine out.

[FerretWYO]

Brass brasing rod will work sometimes but if you glued them in well they are stuck

[ArrowAtomik]

I've always used hotmelt for these arrows.  Epoxy is overkill and very permanent.

[JRY309]

With aluminum inserts I have drilled them out,aluminum is soft and will drill easliy.Just go slow and careful,I used an arrow grabber used for pulling arrows to hold the shaft secure as I drilled.

[wtpops]

If they are epoxied you dont, I use the low temp hot melt. Some times the steal rod will work but not often and i have also destroyed the arrow doing this, it will sometimes pull the first layer of carbon out with the insert.

[monkeyball]

Why not just use a heavier point????

[ALDO]

I have been successful using a long 8-32 screw that I bottom out in the insert, grab the head with a vise grip and heat only the exposed threaded end of the screw.  Usually the glue will give, I have done this with epoxy when arrow shafts were given to me.  Good Luck.
ALDO

[Hoyt]

I use the hot melt 10" stick from 3 Rivers and screw in a field point almost all the way into the insert (not far enough to touch the carbon shaft) then heat the field point and pull the field point and Hit insert out with vice grips. Never had a field point or broadhead pull out using that hot melt.

[The Whittler]

I think monkeyball hit the nail on the head.

[Shawn Leonard]

Yup heavier point is the way to go! Shawn

[2madjacks]

I didnt remove mine, I just installed the heavier brass inserts in the opposite end and just left the aluminum one installed and fletched this end.  Haven't had any problems yet

[hybridbow hunter]

You put a field point on the shaft and go over fire , heating only the point. After 2-3 minutes you can pull out the point and insert all together easily .