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changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Dave D'Ambrosio
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Date: November 23, 2005 03:59PM
OK,
As I have had a holiday oops................I put a spinning reel seat skeleton on my rod when I meant to put on a trigger reel seat for a casting rod. Does it matter that the reel seat does not have the trigger? if so, how do I get it all apart, besides the obvious, now that it is all glued up. (rear/reel seat/foregrip). Dave Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Christian Brink
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Date: November 23, 2005 04:09PM Cut a small notch along the reel seat - Hack saw or even better a dremel. Be very careful to not cut into the blank. Use a screwdriver to pry it open and off. You can also use light heat on the surface of the seat if you have a really tough spot. Then carefully remove the bushings, if need be. I use a razor for rough work staying far away from the blank. Then I scrap and apply light heat for the rest. HTH, Christian Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Jesse Buky
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Date: November 23, 2005 05:07PM
Cut your rod into at the center of the seat. Remove parts of old seat and bushings etc. Make new bushings, make an enternal plug about six inches long to fit equally on each side of cut.It may be easier to glue the plug into the butt half and let dry and then glue the two parts together making sure to line up the seat with the guides. I have been using this method since the late eighties and once you get use to it ,it is a 24 hr. repair with the cost of the new seat being the only cost. Jesse Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: November 23, 2005 08:01PM
No trigger? No problem! Just get used to the feel.
My 2 cents. Thanks for the tip Jesse ! An easy repair! Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: November 23, 2005 08:21PM
Thanks, Jesse. Great method!!
Mike (Southgate, MI) If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!! Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Dave DAmbrosio
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Date: November 23, 2005 09:47PM
Jesse,
I'm sure it's just me but not sure I follow. I made the reel seat from wood and used a skeleton. After I cut through the wood and/or hood aspect, where the trigger should be, how do you get the new hood, with the trigger, back on? In two pieces and epoxy them together as halves? Dave Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Lou Reyna
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Date: November 23, 2005 11:09PM
Jesse, will your method work on a heaver-class rod? How about a wireline rod, something with a little more stress throughout. Do you make the plug from a solid glass blank?
One day I need to drop by your shop to see how you do this... Lou Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: November 24, 2005 11:06AM
David
If you have the butt handle on ?? Then you either take the handle off, then the seat or cut the blank and do it Jesse's way. Or if the guides and foregrip are not on slide it on that way Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2005 11:13AM by bill boettcher. Re: changing reel seat after assembled
Posted by:
Jesse Buky
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Date: November 25, 2005 11:19AM
Ray, This way the entire reel seat is replaced. Sounds as if you should just use it as it is. Lou, Most wire line rods around here are solid glass, in this case it's easier to take off the gimbal and skin the butt grip off and change the seat . I have made an external splice before, hollow glass over solid glass, on small rods. Jesse Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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