Hi there,

Have got a boat rod & had since removed the guides & EVA grips.Planning to redo the rod.Would like to know if there's any ways to remove a reelseat & reuse it? Anyone with any constructive suggestions n opinions?

Thanks

Hi Shawn,

I had to remove one too. What I did is take a pot of boiling water and lay the reel seat across the pot for a few minutes. be sure to turn the rod every little bit for better heat distribution. The heat will soften the epoxie and it will slide off with some help. This may take two people, one to hold the rod and the other to twist and pull the seat.

Burns can happen so use an oven mitt.

You also could use a heat gun, I hesitate to do it though as I may get too much heat to the blank.

If you will be able to re-use it depends on how clean it comes off. I will re-use mine but, only on a display rod that is not for sale.

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

Shawn,
Although the boiling water and or heat gun will work on some grips.
It seems that about 3 of 4 grips that you remove this way end up being damaged in some way.
As a result, I don't take the time to try to salvage the grip any more.
I use a dremel tool to slice through the reel seat nearly all of the way to the blank - but not quite. I do this on 3 sides of the grip. Then, I put a large screw driver in the slit cut by the dremel tool - give the screw driver a twist, with a vice grip hooked to the screwdriver for added twisting power and the grip splits. Then, I use a bit of heat to soften the remaining glue and a straight edged razor blade to scrape off any remainin glue.
I will also use a band saw - running parallel to the grip to saw off the grip. Just be careful to keep the blade parallel to the blank, so that you don't have the blade touch the blank. If you get the cut close to the blank, but not touching it, you can easily use a bit of heat and a razor blade to scrape off any remaining grip and glue.

All of the afore mentioned methods work fine. It just depends on your wishes and tool supply and desires for the components.

Take care
Roger

Sounds like you want the reel seat off so that you can re-install the grips. Are you also trying to re-locate it to another position? Or are you going to replace that reel seat on this rod and save it for another rod. There are other ways to replace the grips without removal of the reel seat.

yes u r rite,i want the reel seat off so i can replace my grips.Wat r the alternative ways to replace grip without removing the seat?
Thanks

The last grip I removed I slid off upwards. I did not have to remove the reel seat but rather the guides above the grip. Heated it up and off it slid!

Matt White

Since your guides are off you can slid the foregrip on from the tip, the butt grip can be slid on from the butt. You will have to shim the front of the butt handle to take up the slack or play.

Hi all,another query is that,shld i use hot water as suggested by some,while rotating the blank above the pot of water, will the high temperature damage the blank n causes it to loose it strength?

Your guides are already off so slipping on the foregrip is easy to do. Just use epoxy as a lubricant to slide it down from the tip. The rear grip is a bit harder. The first thing is to get an I.D. that is a bit smaller than the O.D. of the blank. I find it easier to butt another blank with the same or slightly smaller O.D. and use some masking tape to attach it butt to butt. Then slide the grip down from the tip of the other blank in the same manner as you did for the foregrip. A second pair of hands helps here to hold the two blanks while you slide the grip into position. Good luck.

thanks to all for the help.i managed to get both both the seat n butt off with ease.