Had a Gold Tip 55/75 that I had shot the nock end up on so I tried the heat method of removing the insert, which had been epoxied in.

Did it over a candle cause my bro has my burner, and it came out just fine. Just inserted the longest field tip I had and kept light pressure on with a pair of pliers and it twisted out without any damage to the shaft.

I bet the shaft got no hotter then it would have left in a car in direct sunlight - least the outside of the shaft didn't. I looked it over and saw no separation or distortion, inserted a clean insert and it slid in snuggly.

Thanks to whoever tried this method