Any Fix for Looseness/Play Between Grip Handle and Connector Shaft?

[Hawkeye91]

Where I circled is where the play is. Is there anyway to tighten that up?

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by Hawkeye91

[MAXsenna]

I think you can take the grip apart, and tighten the screws inside. There are also people that sell 3D printed sleeves that you attach in between, exactly where you have drawn the circle, to enforce en prevent this.

 

 

[Hawkeye91]

2 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

I think you can take the grip apart, and tighten the screws inside. There are also people that sell 3D printed sleeves that you attach in between, exactly where you have drawn the circle, to enforce en prevent this.

 

 

Ordered off amazon. Thanks man

[Hempstead]

That problem has been there since the Cougar days. It's caused by poor tolerance in manufacturing using the cheap pot metal casting method/material (more difficult to have tight tolerance for such cheap metal casting than proper metal like aluminum alloy) even with post machining. Sometimes, the shaft is just a tad smaller in diameter than the hole in the grip shell. The root cause is really a slight design problem -- you need to consider your material and manufacturing method when making design decisions. That shaft and shell connection mechanism is not a stellar design decision, although a good enough one for mass produced commercial products. I mean, no big deal, the fix is easy enough.

I usually fix it with the traditional method... news paper shimming. Just open it up and shim it with some layers of news paper, or some tennis racket grip tape, and screw it back on. I recently fixed my F18 stick this way.

Be careful though. Because it's pot metal (or plastic in F18 grip's case), it's very easy to strip the threads (and your threads might have already been stripped) so don't over tighten the screws. If that happened, you have two choices -- 1. thread inserts, and 2. use a stainless steel pipe clamp like somebody else on this forum posted (sorry, I am too lazy to hunt down the referenced posting, but my #include <disclaimer.h> here is valid -- I didn't come up with pipe clamp idea), or use a support bracket like the one MAXCenna mentioned.

 

[Burt]

I was late on this as I already repaired mine by applying alittle bit of JB Weld epoxy which is working very well with my New Virpil CM2 base. I love the idea but some have said there is still alittle bit of play with this anti bracket. I still may order one though and go from there but my epoxy repair s solid after 20hrs + of use. 
 

 

[Cerulean]

I fixed this myself just two nights ago. Open the grip by taking out all the screws. It comes apart easily.  Tighten the screw at the very base of the interior. Use Loctite and problem solved permanently.

[Burt]

12 hours ago, Cerulean said:

I fixed this myself just two nights ago. Open the grip by taking out all the screws. It comes apart easily.  Tighten the screw at the very base of the interior. Use Loctite and problem solved permanently.

Yeah I should of went that route first.