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Are your heel tips worn down or missing? Walking on metal tips, or uneven worn down rubber tips can be extremely frustrating. With extensive wear, heel tips will naturally deteriorate. It is recommended that they are replaced before the inner tip begins to protrude. This is also important because having an unstable heel can lead to balancing issues.
If you or someone you know have worn down or missing heel tips, you can use this guide to learn how to simply replace your old heel tips with new tips. Why pay a shoe repair shop to replace heel tips, when you can do it yourself and save time and money.
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Measure the size of your heel tips to know what size to purchase.
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Wedge a dull picket knife or jimmy between the top of the heel tip to help loosen and separate the tip.
pincer pliers will also help to remove the metal part from the steel tube inside. Be careful not to pull the steel tube out. If the tip is quite worn down to the tube, you might need to drill out the heel pin
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Carefully remove the heel tip with the pliers by twisting and pulling it out. Most can be turned counter clockwise to remove. Be careful not to pull only the rubber off.
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Clean the newly exposed tip of any debris.
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Place the pin end of the new tip into the heels opening.
If you find the following cases:
Heel Pin too thick: Grind down the pin carefully to make them fit
Heel Pin too thin: You can hammer the pin on an avil to slightly flatten it out so that they fit snugly and can be hammered in, or twist some copper wire together and insert with the heel tip to make it thicker so that you can hammer it in snugly -
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Gently tap the new tip in with the hammer. Careful not to damage the shoes material.
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Adjust the tip with the pliers to align the heel tip.
What can I do if the original pin hole is too big for the replacement heel pins?
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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What if the replacement pins are too small for original pin hole in the heel?
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