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| I broke a rod tip and a guide off my 9' rod by not paying attention. I somehow managed to lay my rod down with about 3'-4' of access line and my lure dangling over the back of the boat while my brother started the motor slowly. Well, it didn't take long when the prop got my line and yanked my rod toward the prop chopping about 4" off the end and crushing most of my guides. I was able to bend all the guides back, but one of the guides totally ripped off. I am lucky I didn't lose the entire combo as I was able to catch my rod/reel as it went flying in the air.
Now here is my question. How would you guys go about fixing it? Obviously, I can't do anything under warranty because this was my own fault. Thorne said they could fix the tip and the guide for $20, which isn't bad, but I also have about an hour and a half drive to get there......so 3 hours of total driving. You guys have any ideas? I wonder if it would be hard to fix myself if I ordered the tip and guide?
thanks
Edited by Baby Mallard 9/24/2009 7:26 PM
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| you can buy a tip-top for practically nothing, and the glue to cement it on for not much more.
Depending on the condition of the other guides, you may have a bigger project on your hands, though. If its just the top guide? It's about a $12 deal, and takes about 5 minutes. Breaking 4" off the end though, that will probaly change the action of your rod, especially if it was a fast action rod to begin with. To me it's worth a shot, even if you wind up just using it as a sucker rod or something. | |
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| glued a tip back on and replaced one like you're saying with devcon 2 ton epoxy. several years of use and no issues. | |
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| I got tip wrapped while netting a fish this year and it broke off. My Grandpa took the old tip and drilled out the remaining graphite and simply glued it back on with super glue. No issues yet..... | |
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Location: Milwaukee, WI | Yes, fix your rod yourself. This is a good repair to learn. Its easy and fast IF you have a replacement tip that fits and the correct adhesive. Because rods are tapered you usually need a slightly larger diameter tip for replacement.
If you take long trips to lakes without tackle stores nearby, its good to be able to fix your own rod tip. If you're prepared, you can even do this on the water & be fishing again within about 10 minutes.
Get some tip glue, a Bic lighter, a small piece of 400 grit emery paper, couple of inches of 1/8 & 1/4 inch dia electrical shrink tubing and an assortment of replacement tips. This will be your rod tip field repair kit.
Tip glue is packaged in a solid form. You heat it with a flame to make it soft & liquidy, then wipe it onto the rod where you want to glue the tip. First use the emery paper to roughen the circumference of the rod where you are going to glue the tip. Also, put a short piece of shrink tubing on the rod before you apply the glue.
The glue hardens quickly, in a minute or so. Slide the shrink tubing a little bit over the sleeve of the tip & shink it down to make a strain relief between the rod & the tip. And you're done with the repair. | |
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Location: Smith Creek | Was the guide that broke off first from the tip? Or do you have a guide above the lost one? Do you still have the broken section? Is the guide that broke off salvageable? For the tip, the diameter will be greater than it was so measure the blank at the tip by 64ths of an inch. If its 9/64ths you will need a #9 barrel size. call wild river distributing or thorne brothers and ask for whichever barrel size yours is. for the guide replacement call the rod manufacturer and get the size of the guide that's missing, call either of the above companies to get a replacement. glue new guide to the rod, wrap the guide feet with any high quality thread and put a THIN layer of super glue or epoxy over the thread. It will look like crap but should work. | |
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Fixing rod tip/guide