IS THIS TENNIS RACKET CRACKED? WHAT IS THIS RATTLING SOUND?

[@jj_nashtackle]

Hi Coach! I'm just looking for my new racket. Right now I'm playing with Babolat Reinforced Classic TI1 - which is almost 18 years old... I had a chance to play with Diadem Nova FS which was absolutely fantastic. Great feel, I'm also looking for trying to play with Elevate model. Could you make some new video about them? I saw your last video about Diadem and I'm very curious about both model (and models in range). Anything change from your last review? How many of your customers using them? Is it a more popular brand than in 2020? Thanks for your video. Greatings from Poland!

[@danieldangelo7937]

Harry this reminds me when i was a young mechanic back in the early 80s a guy came in with a Chevy Nova complaining of a rattling noise going through the car everytime he drove . after driving and inspecting the underneath and taping on the bodyparts hubcaps handles latches in and out of the hood and trunk .we went to the decals and found the SS decal on the rear trunk was so slighty loose enough to rattle and echo inside the car. the solution was to remove the rivots holding the decal and put silicone. no noise ever again.

[@Nico-hy7jc]

Q

[@craigmorgan1617]

I just went through this again! Thank you for the answer.

[@michaeljustingomez2734]

Sending love from Philippines. I always watch your videos, hope to buy a Wilson clash 100 in the near future. MANIFESTING!!

[@jordirodrigo7712]

Thanks, man. I just bought a 2 hand racket and few days playing this noise came. There's no much about it online so you video came in right time!

[@MrFunkyko]

Any luck finding out what it was

[@jordirodrigo7712]

@@MrFunkyko I have a VCore 97 pro 2021 model, Yonex logo in the buttcap was a little loose so I just took it off and it stopped. What happened was that loose piece caused this "noise"/vibration

[@MrFunkyko]

@@jordirodrigo7712 so strange. My ezone is randomly doing it now and I took the buttcap off completely but it’s still making the noise

[@bradleybrazington385]

I gave away so many racquets thinking they were broken 🙈

[@LarzB]

You don't have to super glue everything. You can also use thin heating pipe tape to fill up the gap or put some rubber behind the butt cap so that it is pushing against the cap. or something with aluminum foil. Be creative and don't always glue everything together.

[@twinwankel]

Aluminum foil? Good luck with that. I think the epoxy is the way to go. My Wilson came with some epoxy on the door when I bought it. I wouldn't use pipe tape because it might not make the trap door seat well and on a hard hit or a racket drop, you could lose the door. You might not even notice that you did and the next time you play, it's empty. You would then need to find a replacement. Not worth the risk. Epoxy is easy and secure.

[@LarzB]

@@twinwankel ik not saying what to is exactly, Just that people should be creative and try out non destructive manners for an issue that isn't critical

[@mypandabear50344]

use blutec

[@thebrunoserge]

Are you SURE? Because I have this exact issue and the sound is clearly coming from the top of the racket, not the cap. I removed the cap and it keeps doing it

[@twinwankel]

The answer is bad Babolat QC. I owned a pair of Babolat 105s and both rattled and it's not from the trap door. I took apart everything I could, i.e., grommet, butt cap, head protector and still it rattled. The worst part of it was that they stopped making grommets for it and so I had to modify the old one to get it back on. Basically I shaved off the tips of each grommet. It was a nightmare. I seen videos where one of their top of line rackets rattled after only one play. Incredible. At least I got about 3 months of quiet play out of them before they rattled. I will never buy another Babolat. Complete junk.

[@mericusta1988]

Spot on!

[@ariwibowom1984]

I took the buttcap off but still buzzing or rattling somewhere around the top portion of the handle. Have you experienced it?

[@alf3071]

did you find a solution? I have the same problem

[@groovejusmood]

@@alf3071 nope, it maybe the fiber, i just ignore it.

[@michaelgao6398]

Great video!

[@doughnads8732]

Brand new babolat pure aero 2023 after 2 plays, had starting doing this

[@NPX07]

There's a rattling/ clicking sound coming off my rackets handle, what could it be. Please help.

[@temankonda]

I accidentally dropped my racket exactly vertical on the buttcap from around 1 feet high, is it still ok?

[@mypandabear50344]

The butt cap acts like a diaphragm, a mini speaker. It is also that this babolat racquet model is well known as a terrible one.

[@Crypticnight2290]

What does the butt cap do?

[@alf3071]

mine doesn't have buttcap and it's still buzzing

[@TheTruth4313]

Wedge a small piece of toilet paper between the cap and handle before snapping it shut maybe too? Then jst tear off the excess.

[@nathanmiller6051]

❤️

[@juju-rt8ek]

Nobody wants a racquet that sounds like that. It's like the click in the asics gel 8 but worse. They say there's nothing wrong with it, but .......I don't want it.

[@garramiro]

That is exactly what is happening to my aero pro drive.

[@garramiro]

You just save me buying a new racquet.

[@jerome_morrow]

No need to be a Kragle. A small blob of BluTack will do just fine.

[@sidneybourke6161]

Hey. I think you should checkout the tennis brand snauwaert. They make just as much as all the top brands and I love yheir products as well as think they are very underrated and not very known to the tennis community.