urgent help: left over grommet blocks the whole

**cando** · 12-04-2012, 10:09 PM

cannot take the left over grommet out, cannot replace with new grommet,
racquet not usable (cannot re-string....)

the left-over grommet got stuck inside the whole, is there a way to take it out?

thanks.

**R20190** · 12-05-2012, 07:12 AM

There is a dedicated tool that looks like an awl but has knurling on the tip which is designed for removing grommets. I don't have one so I use a small electronics philips screw driver where the diameter is just the right size to go through the holes (i.e. not too small). Works a treat. You just need to bend the flared flanges of the grommet back in and push/turn the screw driver gently and ease the gromment out gradually.

**Mark A** · 12-05-2012, 07:38 AM

If worst comes to worst, you could take the handle off the racket and shake the grommet down out of the shaft.

But this is worst-case.

**cando** · 12-05-2012, 08:49 AM

thanks. managed to take it out using a similar method.

Originally Posted by R20190

There is a dedicated tool that looks like an awl but has knurling on the tip which is designed for removing grommets. I don't have one so I use a small electronics philips screw driver where the diameter is just the right size to go through the holes (i.e. not too small). Works a treat. You just need to bend the flared flanges of the grommet back in and push/turn the screw driver gently and ease the gromment out gradually.