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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | I have two Reaction Strike rods with the same problem. The whole reel section turns. Since I have no idea how rods are made, I don't know if this is easily fixed. There are not expensive rods and I'm not paying someone to fix them. If someone could help me out with some information, great. Otherwise I guess I tie some mono to the tips and the grandkids can use 'em for cane poles. Thanx
Greg
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Location: Minnesota | it is likely that what ever was used as the arbor underneath the reel seat has gotten loose. it can be due to use of masking tape as arbor material, broken arbors, or inadequate epoxy of the rod. to fix you would need to cut the back part of the handle off (rear grip) the remove the reel seat replace the arbors then recork the grip. if you have a friend who builds rods this wouldn't be too labor intensive, the main cost involved would be for new rear grips.
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| I actual fixed one using a turkey injector (like a syringe) and epoxy. drill 3 1/8 holes in the reel seat. Front middle back.
Mix up a batch of epoxy and load it into the syringe. Make sure the reel seat is straight and load it up. The epoxy will build up where the arbors are gone.
Actually Masking tape is a good arbor. The bad ones were made out of cardboard or press board. St. croix found this out the hard way. |
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Location: Smith Creek | You can angle your drilled holes through the cork and under the reel seat and use the turkey injector. Be very careful not to get into the blank with your drill. I've seen guys rivet the reel seat to the blank but the rod won't last long if you do that. |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | thanx for the info. I have no idea how big a rod blank is and how much room, if any, I would have when drilling.
Why would I want to drill through the cork and get that all messed up? Are you saying that is easier drilling? Or safer way to drill to avoid the blank? Or? |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | U want to drill a small hole 3/8" on the bottom of the reel seat at the end that is on the grip side, the reel grip is hollow there and you can fill it with any gorilla glue from that hole. Then fill hole with any bathroom caulk sealer in black.
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Location: Smith Creek | Cork is easy to repair. When you are drilling through the reel seat, there will be a tendency when the bit punches through to damage the blank. If you go through the cork and inject just fill your hole with epoxy as you back the needle out... be liberal with the epoxy and sand it when it dries. Either way will work that's just how I've done it. |
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