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Komperdell Carbon Pole Handle Removal
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Hope someone can help. I have inherited a pair of Salomon ‘Scream’ branded ski poles that I need to shorten. I believe that these thin carbon poles were produced by Komperdell for Salomon. I am having great problems removing the handles having tried soaking them in boiling water, etc.
The handles are made of two different materials, the majority being a soft rubber type material that appears to come away from the shaft fairly easily but the very top 30mm is hard plastic and will not budge. It has a small hole running through it which I first thought was to fit an Allen key but no luck there. There appears to be a hollow pin that goes all the way through and I have tried to drift this out but with limited success not wanting to break anything.
Any ideas as to how to remove these handles?
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@Sonic the Skier
, the hollow pin i am assuming is near the top and goes side to side through the handle, probably just secures the strap,
we used to remover them frequently on alloy and fibre poles, sometimes they may be glued, but if not
have some hold the pole handle down but at waist height , a set of pipe grips around the pole shaft witha cloth to stop and markign smack the pipe grips hard with a hammer and the handle should pop right off (well they always used to)
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Sonic the Skier wrote:
Hope someone can help. I have inherited a pair of Salomon ‘Scream’ branded ski poles that I need to shorten. I believe that these thin carbon poles were produced by Komperdell for Salomon. I am having great problems removing the handles having tried soaking them in boiling water, etc.
The handles are made of two different materials, the majority being a soft rubber type material that appears to come away from the shaft fairly easily but the very top 30mm is hard plastic and will not budge. It has a small hole running through it which I first thought was to fit an Allen key but no luck there. There appears to be a hollow pin that goes all the way through and I have tried to drift this out but with limited success not wanting to break anything.
Any ideas as to how to remove these handles?
Don't use a hot air gun and remove the tips. They are generally held on with hot melt glue. Noting that you can get replacement tips for a lot of ski poles.
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