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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Should I:
Put it back in and leave it.
Put it back in and glue it (What kind of glue?)
Bring it to Thorne and get a new tip put on.
Don't want to have it out of the rotation for too long...
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Location: oswego, il | I have a few rods that I snapped the insert back in and used jb weld to keep it from popping out again. Smooth it out and make sure none of it gets into the area where the line goes it wont pop out again.
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| Just replace the tip top. I wouldnt chance gluing it back in and losing a nice bait because of it. |
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Posts: 526
| Get a new one put on. Not worth risking having it pop out during a trip on a fish. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Real easy to change it out. Just look it up on youTube adn you will find 100s of videos. |
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Location: Detroit River | Put a new one on. Cheap & easy fix. |
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| I have had a few pop out towards the handle and just pushed them back in no glue and never came out again. Used the rest of the day and still going strong |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Thanks for the tips. Might just try to replace it. Gander is close, but do you have any recommendations on where to order the tips online? |
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Posts: 280
Location: US | Mudhole.com has a good selection of replacement tips. |
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| I have super glued them back and holding still .......
It's a PITA yet gets the rod back in the water fastest if you don't have the correct size handy.
Bi-focals, standard super glue, precision glueing, then you will still have to get in there a carfully touch up sand the insert with some fine steel wool or similar.
About an hour of putzing around to get it ideal. Good news is, the ones I did never came out and I watch the braid close......no issues......smooth as a babes butt
Note- Happened on two lower end Shimano Musky rods |
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Location: South-Central PA | tinner - 8/24/2015 4:25 PM. then you will still have to get in there a carfully touch up sand the insert with some fine steel wool or similar
There's nothing you're gonna do that's going to improve the smoothness of a factory ceramic insert. All you'll do is screw things up by going at it with steel wool...or anything else. As hard as most ceramics are, I highly doubt you did anything to it. Did you know you can dull a metal file on SiC inserts?!?
To the OP:
You may be able to get by with re-gluing the insert back in, but why not do the job the right way and replace the whole tiptop. It's a 5 minute job that will cost less than $5.
Jeremy |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Never liked tips with inserts try and find a carboly or carbide replacement if I remember right about $15 at Mudhole in muskie sizes |
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