How to quiet down weight tubes

[frassettor]

I have 2117's that I have been expermenting with my 58 lb longbow and they fly great. I had to put weight tubes in them since they are to light for my "comfort". Without the tubes they weigh 550 gr...With the tubes in they are at 675-680 ..Perfect.  They are extremely noisey. I tried crimping them, putting some scotch tape in three different locations, and still cant seem to make them quiet. I heard some one tried to glue them in and had success, but am unable to find that thread when I ran a search. Any suggestions  

[frassettor]

Anyone??

[wihill]

Are the weight tubes that much smaller than the 2117's?  Come to think of it, I bet you're using weight tubes for carbons - those are .245OD, the 2117's are larger than that.

I'd try wrapping the ends in electrical tape, a few turns at a time until they snugged up, then put a drop of glue at the nock end so if I wanted to remove it I could - if I didn't really care, I'd apply glue at both ends and be done with it.

Good luck!

[James Wrenn]

They are going to be loud in those aluminums.I would take them out and shoot without them.You have plenty of arrow weight without fooling with the tubes.jmo

[frassettor]

ttt

[SCATTERSHOT]

The weight tubes you have are probably for carbons. You could go to the hardware store and buy aquarium tubing that will fit tighter, or maybe go to a stiffer shaft altogether and beef up the point weight, if you need a really heavy arrow.

[Deff]

I use "Gorrilla Glue" to glue the weight tubes in carbon arrows. It expands as it dries.  I don't know if it would work in aluminum 2117's or not.

[ethan]

I tried the aquarium tubing like Scattershot menitoned.  They still mad a little noise in my 2215's.  I tried stuffing the back of the shaft with foam and put foam on the "point" side of the tube.  Trying to sandwich it between the foam.  Worked for a while, but eventually the foam wears out and it starts making noise again.  But it did get my arrow up to 705 grains.

[Molson]

Wrap them with yarn.

[Bill Carlsen]

Actually the arrow weight without the tubes is fine. But if you want to add weight that much try some rope. Molson' s idea sounds feasible as well. As another alternative, try a 2216 with about 225 grains up front.