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Location: Northern Illinois | I have a Curado 300 ej that has a bent handle and I was wondering if I should just bite the bullet and buy a new one or can I just bend it back? I guess I probably should at least attempt it and if it doesn't work but the new handle.
Anyone else had this issue before and what did you do to bend it back?
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | Take it off and bend it back |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Did that work for you? How did you go about doing it? |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | Pliers and vise. Seems to be pretty straight now. |
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| I put mine on the flat part of the vice and tapped it back into shape with a small ball peen hammer. It worked fine, but I ordered a new one to keep as a spare because I figure it will likely bend again.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | How does one bend a reel handle? Do you guys throw them down in the boat? |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I bought mine off a buddy that sold me the reel for $100. Knowing the reel handle is $60 I figured it was a good deal. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Did your buddy mention how he bent it? I would a little leery about buying a real that been damaged by dropping it hard enough to bend the handle. Might also damaged some internal parts when hit on the end of the shaft. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Yeah...he said it was jammed in a compartment and it happened. I casted it like 10 times and it was very smooth with that being the only issue. |
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