Removing AD inserts

[Danny Rowan]

I have some AD Trad Heavies that I would like to remove the inserts from and put in 100 gr brass inserts. What is the best way to do this without damaging the arrows? Heat?

Thanks,

Danny

[JDice]

What was used to attach the existing inserts?

[leatherneck]

Danny,

Regardless of what it is attached with, I put a field point in and heat em up. I do this all the time and have never had any problems.

Mike

[JRY309]

Do they have nock adapters glued in? If not I removed some inserts from Trad heavies by pulling out the nock and slide in a drill bit and whip the shaft towards the floor nocking out the insert.I put a blanket wadded up on the floor to catch the insert and bit to keep it from flying.This method has worked good for me,but it depends on what glue was used on the inserts.After a few whips see if the insert is starting to move.

[Bill Carlsen]

Dan: When I was shooting them I would put in a field point and heat it up. At a certain point you can see smoke and/or smell the epoxy breaking down. Be ready with the pliers and gently pull. You don't want to overheat the shaft so do it slowly until the insert frees itself. I did damage some shafts until I got the "feel" for it right. On the shafts that I did damage most were repairable with an outsert type of footing. I can remember only one that I was not able to fix without shortening the shaft. One of the ways I did it that seemed best was to tighten the point in a vise while I applied heat. I would keep constant pressure on the insert by holding on to the shaft and use my body weight by leaning and pulling the shaft like I was trying to get the arrow out of a tree. Good luck...patience and going slowly is the key.

[dino]

I've removed alot inserts as Bill described.  Heat the field point slowly and pull gently on the the point with a pair of plyers.  Have yet to damage a shaft using this method, but I am very cautious too.  Longer field points, like 200s and 250s work the best to keep the heat source farther from the shaft.  dino