Hey all. Need some help with whether or not I get fix this or have it fixed. An older surf rod I have and the upper reel seat is cracked. Not sure if this is even possible.
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Take it off & tape.
Bob
Not sure what that means. Just pull it off and then tape the reel? Zip ties were a silly idea. Slipped right off.
Use the reel clamp to hold the reel on the rod.
Yes pull off the cracked seat and then you can use tape to tape down the front of the reel seat. Or as Lee said the reel clamp or both.
I'm just assuming that it's a spinning reel seat? If so..there's no reel clamp but many a reel has been taped to a rod for surf fishing.
If you like the rod get the seat replaced. If you don't really want to spend money on it then buy a new one. It is real easy to fix if it is like the one I fixed yesterday. Upper part of the rod and lower part were epoxied into the reel seat. Removed the reel seat and epoxied a new one in place. Glue was set this morning and wrapped new guides on and flex coated. project complete. Cost me about $25 for a new rod that I am giving to a friend that will be thrilled to have it. Very old rod looks like a new one now.
These old rods are fun to bring back to life.
Yes its an old custom surf rod. I would love to have it rebuilt and the guides re wrapped. I no nothing of rod repair. I will probably just put a hose clamp on it till I find someone to fix it properly.
Is it a spinning rod?
Quote from: JoePlo on March 08, 2015, 02:28:03 PM
Yes its an old custom surf rod. I would love to have it rebuilt and the guides re wrapped. I no nothing of rod repair. I will probably just put a hose clamp on it till I find someone to fix it properly.
Plenty of guys on here that can do that kind of work!
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The rod looks in remarkably good condition, getting a new reel seat fitted properly would be optimum. Until you can get that done properly, then the 'hose clamp' solution will suffice.
A relatively easy job for someone with the right skills and tools.
Cheers from sunny Africa,
jeri
Thanks Jeri. It was a gem from my grandfathers collection. A few surf rods and this one was the best of the lot. I am looking around locally for someone who can fix it up nice for me.
I think Fuji makes a Plate style reel seat that can be thread wrapped over an existing blank without having to remove any grips or guides. Not sure if it could be applicable to your situation but it might work. You may have to dremmel cut the existing reel seat off the blank and thread wrap the plate style seat on to the blank. "Google" Fuji plate style reel seats and you will get the idea.
That is a nice looking rod and you can fix that sprung reel seat. Find a welding shop and they can braze that crack for you or even TIG weld it. Make sure they know there business first. It's really a simple repair.
The new reel seats are so much better today then the older seats especially for those guys that like to get over zealous tightening the reels down.
Quote from: conchydong on March 08, 2015, 07:18:06 PM
I think Fuji makes a Plate style reel seat that can be thread wrapped over an existing blank without having to remove any grips or guides. Not sure if it could be applicable to your situation but it might work. You may have to dremmel cut the existing reel seat off the blank and thread wrap the plate style seat on to the blank. "Google" Fuji plate style reel seats and you will get the idea.
I have used these seats before and for your application it will be sufficient. It looks like this photo and it's missing center band to help secure the reel seat in the middle.
That looks like a honey lamiglas or possibly Fenwick; absolutely worth repairing. I personally dont like plate seats for all the reasons above, but you may be able to replace this on your own without being a rod builder. First you have to take the rear grips off. knife is fine but mask tape the exposed blank. remove real seat with dremel cutting wheel. it will be difficult to preserve the rear trim bands but if you decide to replace with split grip EVA like you have you may trim the eva to fit over the trim bands. Measure reel seat. Probably a 26 mm, maybe 24. Order Fuji seat from mudhole, Jann's Netcrat, etc. build up blank under seat with tape so it will loosly slide over and stay in place. epoxy inplace with Loctite two part epoxy available at HD or Lowes. I use electrical tape and have boat rods twenty years old that are still intact. i just dont believe in using masking tape as i have had to replace too many loose, spinning real seats for this reason if/when masking tape deteriorates.
What i would do in your shoes is remove the rear grips, trim bands and then sand the whole handle lightly to smooth out, and heat shrink a cross-thatch rubber sleeve the whole length. the heat shrink is also available from the rod builder sites and can be applied with heat gun. stick a crutch tip but cap on the end and you are fishing with about an hour's work, plus epoxy cure time, for about $30 or so. shipping from udhole will probably be $11 which is about the same as the two items you need; epoxy is $4 and butt cap is about $2 (you can get them at HD if you dont want to order them).
good luck
John
Sounds good. I have a buddy who I will ask to give me a weld. The rod guides are also a but loose. Need to get them re-wrapped.