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| I have a broken reel seat on a reaction strike rod I got at the milwaukee show 2 yrs ago. anyone know what their waranty is? Or what i can do to get this thing fixed easily? |
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| I have one of the same rods, its a great stick when the reel seat isnt broken, broke the first one after 2 months, contacted Reaction Strike, had to send the rod and 20 bucks for shipping back for a replacement. I broke the replacement this summer in the same spot, top of plastic reel seat will chip out. for a temporary fix some zip ties and some electical tape did the trick. I'm going to take it in so see if someone can put a different reel seat on the rod or might just replace it myself if i can find everything or else i now have a great sucker rod every fall. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | The only way to replace a reel seat is to remove all the rod eyes first, alot of work and then replace the reel seat then rewrap the eyes on. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Unless the blank's butt diameter is under 22 mm. Then you can buy a fuji reel seat (size 22) and slide it up from the bottom. If it's over 22 mm you're better off buying a new rod. Or call reaction strike and see what they can do. |
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Location: WI | I've done a few from the butt end. Size 22 Fuji. Dremel the old reel seat/cork handle off (carefully). Put new reel seat on (appropriate epoxy)....redo the handle with new cork. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Flambeauski - 11/30/2011 4:48 PM
Unless the blank's butt diameter is under 22 mm. Then you can buy a fuji reel seat (size 22) and slide it up from the bottom. If it's over 22 mm you're better off buying a new rod. Or call reaction strike and see what they can do.
Yes U can that but then U have to install a spacer and I have never been able to keep the reel grip from coming loose after a year or two of use. Both ways alot of work. With so many new rods that are under $150.00 today Y mess with it, unless it is a custom rod. |
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Location: Smith Creek | I absolutely agree on the last part. What kind of spacers do you use? Polyurethane shim with epoxy to fill in the void has worked for me. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | I use rod bond as my glue and it is thick and hard to get in to fill the hole, poly shims or tape. Someone told me Gorilla Glue will expand and fill the hole, I have to try it. |
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| I have a 9ft Hulbert rod with a cracked reel seat. Anyone in the Madison area wanna fix it for me. Just send me a pm. |
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| Once it happened to me.
I disassembled cork grip and reel seat with a hot air gun (paying attention to the temperature).
After removing the handle and reel seat, I put cork handle back , replacing the reel seat with a new one.
As spacers, I used spacers made with gummed paper tape/masking tape (used by coachbuilders and luthiers) and I glued all wiht epoxy glue.
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Location: Denmark | b_seiser - 11/29/2011 7:11 PM
I have a broken reel seat on a reaction strike rod I got at the milwaukee show 2 yrs ago. anyone know what their waranty is? Or what i can do to get this thing fixed easily?
What rod are we talking about, and is it an Fuji reel seat?
Regarding their warranty look here!!
http://reactionstrike.com/warranty/ |
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Location: Land of the Musky | 1) IMO give the warranty a try.
2) If the rod is not that important to you then give it a try and fix it. You might learn a little and have fun. www.mudhole.com has about everything you will need.
3) If you really like the rod and do not want to "learn" on it send it to a rod builder.
JMO
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broken reel seat