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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: milorafferty on June 20, 2018, 09:30:48 AM

Title: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: milorafferty on June 20, 2018, 09:30:48 AM
Last night, I discovered my Forza SS has cracked(see attached pic) all the way around. Ironically, it actually made me laugh and not in anger. I was kinda glad it cracked as this ball has rolled like a semi-soft turd no matter what surface I put on it.


Why am I glad? Because it's still under warranty and I will get it replaced with something I can actually use.  ;D


This is only the second Motiv ball I have had crack(not counting the early logo separation issues), the other one being an Octane Carbon.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: Good Times Good Times on June 20, 2018, 10:00:17 AM
I figured you'd be happy it cracked as it would give you reason to drill one of the many gems you've been HOARDING!  :P  :P  :P
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: SVstar34 on June 20, 2018, 10:09:35 AM
I figured you'd be happy it cracked as it would give you reason to drill one of the many gems you've been HOARDING!  :P  :P  :P

But then he'd have to replace the drilled gem with another one 😂😂

There have been some times I wish a ball would have cracked
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: milorafferty on June 20, 2018, 10:30:36 AM
Drill one of the gems? Now that's getting pretty darn close to blasphemy!  ;D
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: Steven on June 20, 2018, 10:40:32 AM
I had a Primal Rage that suffered logo separation. I didn't like the drill pattern I had on it (over/under nightmare), so I was happy to take a replacement under warranty.
 
Even with a different drill, the replacement didn't fix the reaction. I just didn't match up well to that ball.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: BowlingForDonuts on June 20, 2018, 10:52:32 AM
When took long layoff from bowling was so glad that it was my Storm Shift which was always a giant rollout turd that cracked in storage and not my Rampage.  Loved ripping on that ball but recently found with Visionary Raven I picked up its more just particle balls don't match up with me for crap.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: Impending Doom on June 20, 2018, 11:42:16 AM
No. The good ones are the ones that crack for me. *I* haven't had anything crack since the Justice series (Justice solid was so good) and I had the fingers plugged and hadn't drilled it again, left it sit for like 6 months. Guess I deserved that.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: milorafferty on June 20, 2018, 12:06:00 PM
No. The good ones are the ones that crack for me. *I* haven't had anything crack since the Justice series (Justice solid was so good) and I had the fingers plugged and hadn't drilled it again, left it sit for like 6 months. Guess I deserved that.

That's usually the case for me. I had two Virtual Energies crack and man did I ever love that ball. One of them crack all the way around, but the other one cracked from the ring finger to almost my PAP. Using my drill, I put a hole though the cover at the end of the crack to try and stop it from going any further.

The next day I took it to the Pro Shop to see if my guy could "fix" it. He laughed and said it would be an interesting project to play with. It took about 3 weeks total but he hogged out the crack a bit and then filled in the area and resurfaced the ball. I used that ball for probably three years with the repair until it finally cracked all the way around in a different spot.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: HankScorpio on June 20, 2018, 05:23:36 PM
I had a Hammer Scandal that cracked. What a turd that ball was. Hammer replaced it, and I traded the replacement into my PSO for an IQ Tour Solid. I proceeded to shoot 3 800s in about 5 weeks with the IQ. Needless to say, I was very thrilled about that crack.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: leftybowler70 on June 20, 2018, 07:47:59 PM
Opposite experience ;   My original Cell cracked on me years back, and since the Virtual series was so popular, I went against my better judgement and purchased the Virtual Energy.

Worst mistake I made, ball NEVER moved no matter what I did to it in any way;  Not a crack that benefited me at all.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: giddyupddp on June 20, 2018, 09:45:52 PM
Definitely, buddy sold me his Alpha Crux cheap, it cracked at on my PSO's table waiting to get plugged. Got brand new Sure Lock with the credit so for $100 total. That deal worked out great!
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: bowler851 on June 20, 2018, 10:07:32 PM
Have helped a ball crack before, because it was so bad.lol
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: daves123 on June 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
I had a IQ tour crack 6 months after I got it. Was replaced with a new one and it cracked 3 months later. Forget sending it back so I can waste another 40 bucks to have it drilled.  Probably the last storm ball I'll ever buy.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: AlonzoHarris on June 21, 2018, 11:05:26 AM
I had a IQ tour crack 6 months after I got it. Was replaced with a new one and it cracked 3 months later. Forget sending it back so I can waste another 40 bucks to have it drilled.  Probably the last storm ball I'll ever buy.

I would spend $40 every 6 months for a brand new ball drilled up if the ball works well for me. I would spend that in long term care of de-oiling and resurfacing after that amount of time anyways.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: milorafferty on June 21, 2018, 11:07:06 AM
Have helped a ball crack before, because it was so bad.lol

Funny enough, that thought crossed my mind a few times.
Title: Re: Have you ever been glad a ball cracked?
Post by: Impending Doom on June 21, 2018, 11:57:18 AM
Have helped a ball crack before, because it was so bad.lol

Funny enough, that thought crossed my mind a few times.

"Sure, I can slam you into the concrete bridge down, and nothing happens, but I throw a ball I like... DELETED!"