Maybe, but I really doubt it; and the reason why I say that is that they make high end rifle cleaning rods out of carbon fiber now. Gun solvents are just as bad, if not worse than those chemicals I mentioned with the penetrating properties many of them have. The pressure I have to extert to get a jag down through a barrel is pretty great and I have never broken one - even after that rod has been subjected to gallons of some of the most caustic stuff you can find. I use denatured alcohol all the time to clean my arrows on the outside and have never noticed any degredation.

Nonetheless, weakening the arrow down next to the insert would not cause an arrow to break in the middle like that in the posted picture. The oscillation and flexing during the shot broke it at the point of maximum flex (middle of the arrow) probably due to previous damage. That's why we always say "Flex it First".

I just 10 min ago tried this (on my buddies arrows) he had them cut at the shop to his draw length but forgot about his overdraw they were too long and of course he came running to me cause I have a high speed arrow cutter. So I cut them down to size then fired up the tourch put field points on all the inserts and heated the inserts with a pair of plyers on each end I pulled out the inserts cleaned them and replaced them in the shorterr arrows. I checked out the cut offs and they looked fine. At no time did the end of the arrow get hit by the flame. So I think if you are careful you can do it. I put the inserts in with hot glue fired the arrows a couple times and everything seems fine. I used hot glue so if there is a problem he can heat the field point and spin the insert like we used to do with alum. arrows Good Luck Mike

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

that hand picture is terrible id hate to be that guy

Did a little research on removing inserts from carbons - called Gold Tip and asked them best method.

Although they truely didn't have a method they did indicate that they would avoid applying heat to the carbon as that is how they bond the layers, and if not very careful you could break down the bond.

They did indicate however that you can soak a carbon in and solvent (i.e. paint thinner, acetone, etc...) indefinitely and it will not damage the arrow.

I was told by the tech at Gold Tip that they remove old vanes by soaking the arrown in an adhisive remover like thinner for 5-10 minutes and they peel right off, and with a little whip down they have completely cleaned the shaft.

So they suggested trying soaking the insert in some kind of glue remover and loosing that way before heating the arrow.

Just an FYI

Bingo! Thanks for verifying that gtousey.