Hi, i need help regarding string a old silver carbonex 9. I tried stringing it 4 times but the main string kept snapping around the same spot. Tension was 25lbs by 27lbs These are the process 1st Attempt: Pre-thread Snapped half way while stringing the cross strings 2nd Attempt: No pre-thread Snapped half way while stringing the last few mains 3rd Attempt: Checked and replaced faulty grommets No pre-threqd Snapped half way while stringing the cross strings 4th Attempt: Pre thread Snappef half way while stringing the last few mains Anyone knows why? I took photos of the area where the string kept snapping Do i need to replace all the grommets? Any help is appreciated as i really want to use this racket Thanks! Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
Okay but i notice that the old carbonex grommets are shorter than the ones that i have, do i trim it or just leave it as it is? Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
I notice that if i were to trim it, the surface will be a bit rough.. haha Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
Done changing all the grommets, string still snapping. I give up haha. Anywhere i can order carbonex grommets? Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
Tbh once you change the grommet then it should be good. I'll be looking for thing that can potentially cause any kind of string damage? Are your clamps slipping at all? Check if clamps are too loose or too tight. Are your breaks happening in shared holes? How do you thread your shared holes? Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk
Clamps not slipping, not too tight from what i can feel. After i changed the grommets, the snap happened at the shared hole. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
And i thread the shared hole neatly. But the string still snapped when i tried without pre-threading Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
Cannot be, i strung 10 other rackets using the same reel, all turned up fine. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
so something has changed after you put in new grommets. Can you make a closeup picture (with good lighting) of the grommet from both sides of the frame where the string is snapping now? If the string is snapping repeatedly in the exact same spot and if that spot is located right at a grommet, then something is wrong with the grommet or the frame right at that spot.
I doubt the grommets are the culprit. I think it has to do with the starting routine of the first mains or a clamping/clamp issue. What string do you use? What type of clamps and starting routine? I experienced once Yonex flying clamps with sharp edges, which damaged the string and also in the beginning I started with non-diamond dusted clamps which were very difficult to adjust. Especially the more slippy and thinner strings were a pain. Too tight you crimped the string, too loose it slipped and teared of the coating. Especially at higher tensions it was a gamble if the job comes out done or it pops on machine. Are you sure no grommet popped out during tensioning? This can also damage string if grommets pop out during tensioning and string makes contact with the edge of the hole.
Just look for the snapping point...where does it lead to. After the clamp, to the grommet, to the gripper?
Hi recently just passed my friend to help me with the racket. He manage to string the racket with kizuna z58 @22lbs. He told me that the frame or the grommet holes are too sharp and need to be filed using a knife. The string just recently snap due to miss hit. I restrung it myself using ultimax @22lbs and nothing went wrong. My coach also told me that carbonex 8 and carbonex 9 tend to have the same problem with the strings snapping while stringing too. Anybody here knows of this problem with the frame/grommet holes? Thanks! Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
I use fixed clamps for my stringing job. So far the other string jobs i done has not snap during my stringing job. Every time my string snap while stringing was always on the old carbonex rackets. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
