X-Damp system / Tecnifibre TF-X1

[Elrico]

Brand new racket with a rattling sound. To avoid hassle with returns, etc., I removed the end cap myself.
A loose plastic part of a few millimeters was the culprit.
Below is a photo of the individual parts for the X-Damp system with associated weights.

 

[saikat]

Hi. i am facing a weird problem with this x-damp. while playing one day the racquet slipped and banged onto the court. the yellow part (x-damp ) cam off. although i was able to fix it back into the rubber casing withing the plastic butt there seems to be a air pocket created . on certain movements i can feel the swishing inside which is very irritating. doesnt seem to affect anything else but still bothering. any suggestions how to fix it.

how did you take apart the pieces and put it back?

 

[Elrico]

The yellow weight is clicked into the black rubber casing. Fiddle this whole thing into the butt cap. Slide the butt cap onto the racket and secure with the staples.
If the weight and/or the rubber part is difficult to mount, rub it lightly with liquid soap.
But you will hear a whistling sound with every quick movement of every racket, if this whistling sound is meant ???

 

[ollinger]

X-Damp system with associated weights.

Is this the mechanism Tecnifibre puts in the Lacoste handles? Do people think it works well?

 

[Elrico]

Both are the same, just different colors. For the time I played with the tecnifibre, no problem with pain, despite the stiff racket.

 

[saikat]

The yellow weight is clicked into the black rubber casing. Fiddle this whole thing into the butt cap. Slide the butt cap onto the racket and secure with the staples.
If the weight and/or the rubber part is difficult to mount, rub it lightly with liquid soap.
But you will hear a whistling sound with every quick movement of every racket, if this whistling sound is meant ???

the sound is not the regular racquet movement sound. it started after the yellow thing came off. i stuck it back and it sung in nicely into the rubber casing. doesnt budge at all but on certain movements (not necessarily when actually hitting a shot) i can feel a gap. difficult to explain. shoulkd i try hammering it a bit.

 

[Elrico]

Maybe the black rubber housing is not properly in the buttcap ..... Start from 0, or everything is ok, or maybe it is imagination, maybe a loose piece of frame that rattles ...