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98custom

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Why balls crack...
« on: December 14, 2011, 02:13:16 AM »
Maybe somone can shed some light on this for me.

 

I took my original break out of the bag about 6 weeks ago due to lack of oila dn put it in the closet next to some other balls. Went into the closet to get something earlier this week and noticed that the break is cracked all the way around the ball. The other balls have been in this same closet (pantry closet in my apartment that is located just outside the kitchen) and have not had any problems. My LevRG, Hot Rod PSP and my roommates Red PBA Inferno are all sitting around this ball without a crack in sight. Prior to taking the ball out of the bag there were no cracks that I noticed around the fingers, pin or otherwise. I also keep my bowling bags in this closet and haven't noticed cracking on anything that has been kept in the bags for whatever that is worth.

 

Mostly I'm annoyed because a good ball will need to be replaced and money is tight, but it brings to question what factors actually caused the ball to crack.

 

So I open this to those of you with more knowledge than myself... any ideas?


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dizzyfugu

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Re: Why balls crack...
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2011, 06:38:38 AM »

 



charlest wrote on 14.12.2011 12:17 PM:
Some people recently presented some novel and not really well understood reasons:

- resting on one spot on its bottom for too long (assuming a solution would be to rotate it to prevent this)

 
This is IMO one of the major factors, esp. with the thin-shelled and porous balls you get nowadays. The weight of the inner, denser core presses on one spot and creates tension between shell and filler, what might cause cracking. I have lost a pretty new XXcel that way, it "popped" dramatically at night in a room nect to my bedroom! Since then turn around my "ball stock" in its cups every 2 weeks or so, and since doing this weird practice nothing bad happened in the shelf.

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Reverendwaz

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Re: Why balls crack...
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2011, 08:36:33 AM »
 Don from Duluth area my pro shop guy is from Hibbing tho... Golf up there from time to time when did you go to So Cal


Minnesota Don

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Re: Why balls crack...
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2011, 09:33:11 AM »
Left in '71 when I went into the Air Force. Been in S. Carolina since '82. Retired from AF in '93 and decided I liked not having to shovel/drive/live in snow any longer. Still have family back home, I like not having to wear a jacket 10 months out of the year. It's 71* today and sunny. I see it's going to be around 0* tonight up there, stay warm.