Limits to club bending

[jbrunk]

Are there any?

I have a set of Cleveland CG4 Tour's and a set of Mizuno Mp-32's that I need to have flattened. Are there any potential problems I should be aware of?

 

[wantonjr]

From what i am told, 2 degrees bending either way with the cast club but up to 4-6 on a forging !

 

[lesliecain]

Are the Cleveland's forged or cast?
You can bend forged head to 4°s the feeling is quite soft so take care.
Cast clubs can be bent 2°s but the feeling is of short hard movments.
Ping clubs are cast and can be bent a lot more, but this is only to Ping clubs.
If in doubt go to a Professional Club Maker.

 

[jbrunk]

I am taking them to a clubmaker for sure. The Clevelands are cast.

 

[bray]

Clevelands are cast from a metal called CMM which is not very bendable, I wouldn't try to bend them at all.

However the good new is Mizuno's Bend Like Butter Baby!!! You can get at least 4 degrees out of those 32's.

Sorting Through the Golf Nut's Catalog.

B-Ray

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Clevelands are cast from a metal called CMM which is not very bendable, I wouldn't try to bend them at all.

However the good new is Mizuno's Bend Like Butter Baby!!! You can get at least 4 degrees out of those 32's.

Sorting Through the Golf Nut's Catalog.

B-Ray

Bingo...that CMM stuff likes to crack easy.

HOWEVER

On "normal" cast clubs a lot of them can be bent a lot with heat. I had my once owned RAC LT's bent from 2* upright to 2* flat with no cracking issues at all. However i have a good clubmaker who took his time and heated them up.

 

[goley]

I would agree with bray on the bending of the clevelands.... the gun metal doesnt bend very well and have seen them snap tyring to bend them just a bit. Forged are like butter and bend very easy... which means they will bend back as you play... check your lie angle a coulple times a year.

 

[Jim Cook]

I would agree with bray on the bending of the clevelands.... the gun metal doesnt bend very well and have seen them snap tyring to bend them just a bit. Forged are like butter and bend very easy... which means they will bend back as you play... check your lie angle a coulple times a year.

If your clubs are "gun metal" they cannot be bent, they WILL snap.
To my knowledge, Cleveland does nor use "gun metal". They might be cast and you might be able to bend cast clubs plus or minus 2 degrees. Forged might be bent plus or minus 4 degrees. There is a special set of heads from Golfsmith that can be bent plus or minus 10 degrees.

When I bend clubs you will sign a document stating that I'm not liable if they break. If I have made the clubs then I know their history and will be able to bend them within the material's capability and should they break I will replace them.

Heating the clubs during bending will NOT prevent snaping, unless you heat it up to the plastic stage which will be close to the red hot glowing stage. I don't think you want to do this.

Also remember, if you are bending plated clubs the plating might flake off.

Bending clubs to get the proper dydamic lie is perhaps the most important single item for you to get your clubs to fit you. I check the clubs I have made each time the customer brings them in for new grips.