How To convert your R5 N or D into a TP version with removable weights

With all this talk about the New R5 TP being "the" hot new driver I figured I would post a How To convert your R5 N or D into a TP version with removable weights.

The screw towards the heel weighed .5 grams. The screw towards the toe weighed 2.5 grams. The little "N" or "D" emblem weighed next to nothing and peeled off easily due to the heat.

How To:
Basically, a butane pencil torch works the best as it concentrates a lot of heat in a small area. Apply heat on the face of the weight and along the hump of each weight on the sole. The hump area will turn a little brown from the heat but Blue Away or some other type of tarnish removing compound will remove it.

Next, you need a skinny tipped needle nose pliers to remove the weights. Place the tips of the needle nose in the little circular holes of the weight and turn counter-clockwise; they should turn right out. If they don't turn with some force, you need to apply some additional heat.

The toe port is ready to go for installing any R7 weight. The heel port has a pressed sleeve that needs to be removed if you want to put any heavier than a 2 gram R7 weight. Place the head in a vise using rubber vise pads and a towel to protect the paint on the club head. Its a lot easier if you pull the shaft, makes it easier to put the head in the vise.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you begin drilling out the sleeve, you need to make a "dummy" screw to plug the hole otherwise metal shavings from the sleeve will fall into the head. The threads on an R7 weight are fine thread. The best thing to do is get a small machine screw that is the same size as the R7 but with COARSE threads. This allows the bolt tip to only screw in partial way, which is important so you don't turn it all the way through after performing the process below.

Now, using a dremel style tool, cut about 1/8" inch length of the tip off the bolt. Then cut a slit into the top of the piece you just cut off so you can turn into the hole with a screwdriver. You need a long, tiny screwdriver to turn it into the port. (See Pic). Drill out the pressed sleeve, back out the dummy screw, and the project is finished.

One other other thing...someone mentioned that a "Quick Out" would be easier than drilling out the sleeve. I guess a quick out is what the automotive mechanics use to extract a bolt from the engine block when the bolt head breaks off. Below are some different example pictures from multiple clubs. This also works on the R5 fairway woods !

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: I am not in any way responsible or liable for damage, cosmetic or structural, to your R5 driver head, cosmetic or structural, if you attempt this weight removal process.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: GolfDiscussions is also not in any way responsible or liable for damage, cosmetic or structural, to your R5 driver head, cosmetic or structural, if you attempt this weight removal process.

Additional Info on sleeve:
Put the club in a vice and used a easyout and with one small tap the sleeve popped out or a #4 screw extractor and tap it into the hole and then pull it out. THIS IS THE EASY WAS TO DO IT


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