1. Remove covering with a drawknife/chisel
2. Remove old sleeve and clean excess glue from shaft with sandpaper.
3. Place oar on pitching bench (as per attached diagram)
4. Read the engraving inside the sleeve to make sure you have the right one.
5. Heat the sleeve with warm air for a few minutes before fitting.
6. Use a piece of timber to hold the sleeve body open and fill the ridges inside with glue.
7. Clip sleeve body around shaft at desired position
8. Try to get the body even and level before pushing the back on. Less correction will be needed, (no twist).
9. Warm the back clip lightly before fitting to shaft to make it more flexible.
   
10. Click the back on to the end of the sleeve and push firmly forward using a small block of wood, which has a concave shape to fit over the oar shaft.
11. Rotate sleeve back & forth a few times to ensure good coverage of glue on shaft
12. Wipe away any excess glue
13. Using a spirit level across the back of the sleeve, set the desired pitch. All new Croker Oars are set at 0°.
14. Leave oar in a dry position to allow glue to set. Trying not to bump the sleeve.
15. Small alterations (<1°) may be made to dry sleeves by scraping or planing one edge of the back.We use a 2 pack epoxy resin combined with a lightweight filler such as micro balloons, Q Cell or similar.

Fitting Sleeves- Sculling,Rowing And Squareback Surf
The following information is to help you replace your sleeves. It is viable for all sculling, rowing and surf oars.

1. Remove old sleeve and clean excess glue from shaft.
2. Place oar on pitching bench (as per attached diagram).
3. Read the engraving inside the sleeve to make sure you have the right one.
4. Heat the sleeve with warm air for a few minutes before fitting.
5. Use a piece of timber to hold the sleeve body open and fill the ridges inside with glue.
6. Clip sleeve body around shaft at desired position
7. Try to get the body even and level before pushing the back on. Less correction will be needed, (no twist).
8. Warm the back clip lightly before fitting to shaft to make it more flexible.
9. Click the back on to the end of the sleeve and push firmly forward using a small block of wood, which has a concave shape to fit over the oar shaft.
10. Rotate sleeve back & forth a few times to ensure good coverage of glue on shaft
11. Wipe away any excess glue
12. Using a spirit level across the back of the sleeve, set the desired pitch. All new Croker Oars are set at 0°.
13. Leave oar in a dry position to allow glue to set. Trying not to bump the sleeve.
14. Small alterations (<1°) may be made to dry sleeves by scraping or planing one edge of the back.We use a 2 pack epoxy resin combined with a lightweight filler such as micro balloons, Q Cell or similar.

The Glue for the Sleeves must be made to a consistent pourable mixture