easy way to remove inserts from carbon

[Mo. Huntin]

I removed my regular inserts from 3 gold tip arrows and am going to put in the 100 grain brass inserts.  I found if I took 5 peices of baleing wire 4 inches long,put them in the nock end and swing the arrow down fast in a safe direction it works like a slide hammer.  All 3 times it just broke the little bit of glue that the bow shop put in it and I was able to just pull it out with the plyers.  I see no damage to the inside of the shaft at all.  Maybe this is old news but new to me.  Hope this helps someone.

[Gordon martiniuk]

Works even better with a drill bit just big enough to fit shaft put non sharpened end up  

[bentpole]

Great INFO Guys! Thanks!  

[Mo. Huntin]

Jeez Gordon that would have been the easy way.  I thought we did this trad stuff the hard way.

[JRY309]

What has worked good for me is to use the drill bit in the shaft and whip it towards the floor,just like a slide hammer nocking the insert out.I'll put a wadded up blanket to catch the insert and drill bit.But I have had some used carbons where nothing would get them out short of just cutting the shaft shorter.It depends on what was used to install them.

[Roadkill]

put em in the freezer overnight-carbon won't contract but the al or brass will   pops right out