where can I find weight bolts for my predator 4k6?

[bobmcq11]

My 4k6 came shipped as a 19 oz, and I want to drop it to an 18. How do I do change the weight bolt, and where can I find them for sale?

[skor]

first check what bolt do you have in your cue, maybe if you'll take it out it will be enough, sometimes you can't go lower then it's already is

[bobmcq11]

And how is it that I take it out?

[DEATHTRON]

Get an allen wrench...take off the rubber cap on the butt...unscrew the weight bolt.....i remove the weight bolt from all my cues, i like em light....

[bobmcq11]

and excuse me for being ignorant... how does the rubber cap come off?

[Sid]

Just wiggle it, it will come out. It is not connected or screwed in any way. You will need a 6mm allen wrench to remove the bolt.

If you cue is 19 oz now, take the weight bolt out and weigh the bolt. If the bolt weighs 1oz, just leave it out and you will have a 18oz cue. If it weights more than an ounce, you can let us know how much you want a new bolt to weigh and order a new one from us, ($3.00 plus shipping). We will cut a bolt down to your desired weight and ship it out.

Of course you have the option of cutting down your bolt to make it weigh anything you like. A hack saw and a vise works fine. I like to thread a nut over the bolt before I cut it. Then, if I buuger up any threads with the hack saw, when you unscrew the nut, it straighten out any fouled threads.

For example. If your cue weighs 17.50 oz without the bolt, and your bolt weighs 1.5oz, that makes up your 19oz cue. You would want a .5 oz bolt from us or to make one yourself. Once you put the half ounce bolt in your 17.5 oz cue, your at your desired weight of 18oz

[bobmcq11]

i figured it out, give me a minute, and i will post what bolt is in there...

[audiopro]

Whoops... Hope this post doesnt go through twice, server went goofy on me...

Anyway... Nice post Sid, very detailed... My only question is, what are you doing on the board this late!?! ;)

[bobmcq11]

It is a 3 inch steel bolt, seems to weigh in at 31.5g, 1 oz, everyone else agree?

[jkregan]

Somewhere in the Predator forum, Neil Fujiwara posted the lengths and weights of the bolts from Predator. Since I can't remember where is was and I did write it down, here is the list:

Weights are in ounces.

Aluminum:
2" 0.2
4" 0.4

Steel:
2" 0.7
3" 1.1
4" 1.5
5" 1.9
6" 2.2

If your weight bolt is 3" and you want to drop an ounce, leave the bolt out and see how you like it.

[bobmcq11]

played a bunch of games since reducing to 18 oz.... i have to say that i love this cue now! it made a big difference, i seem to be a lot more "on" with it now. still be interested in experimenting with 18.5 at some point.

thanks,

bob.

[DEATHTRON]

I noticed the same thing when i took my weight bolt out of my predator....and my jacoby...

Zach

[jkregan]

I just got a lesson from a guy who uses a 24.5oz 61" cue and claims that everybody else uses too light a stick. He shoots very well with the heavy cue but I will stick with my 19.5oz Predator 3K4 or Lucasi Sneaky Pete. I've tried the Predator as light as 18oz but, for me, I think that 19 or 19.5 ounces feels about right.

Do Seyberts sell any cue without a weight bolt in general, say a natural weight of 19 oz, give or take a few tenths?

[jkregan]

Cues have weight bolts for a number of reasons but mostly it is because it is very difficult to match the expected weight exactly given the variables of wood density and the weight and density of the various other materials. It is just easier to make the cue weight about the lower limit of weight and use the weight bolt to tune the weight from there.

A custom cuemaker may well be able to give you what you want but it would be very difficult, not to mention incredibly expensive to stock cues that were of a particular weight without using weight bolts.

[bobmcq11]

Plus, in my opinion anyway, its kinda cool to be able to adjust the weight by changing out the bolt, especially for someone like me who had a hard time deciding which weight I really wanted to go with.