Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
- Bobthefloat
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Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Brought this a while ago, gave it a quick waggle put it in the bag and hung it for a month or two.
Got to my favourite pool last weekend and wound on my pin to the locking reel seat and something didn't feel right.
On closer inspection the bottom female reel holder thingy has completely split!
Disaster, luckily I was able to borrow a rod.
Anyone know where and how this can be fixed?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Got to my favourite pool last weekend and wound on my pin to the locking reel seat and something didn't feel right.
On closer inspection the bottom female reel holder thingy has completely split!
Disaster, luckily I was able to borrow a rod.
Anyone know where and how this can be fixed?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Sorry, I am German, so I do not know the correct term. Hot soldering maybe? Just as you'd do with copper tubes for heating radiators? If that doesn't work I'd drill and pin it. Maybe some epoxy over it afterwards to seal the sharp edges?
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Bit difficult to make it out. Is the fixed band or the movable one which tightens up via the thread?
Edit: Ah got it - it’s the fixed one.
You have a txt
Edit: Ah got it - it’s the fixed one.
You have a txt
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Dear Terry Bob Hof and Trevor
The simplest solution is to wrap the split ring in Electricians Tape.....done with care it looks okay and is cheap and replaceable.
The more permanent way would be to attempt a braze but be careful as old ally has a very annoying habit of oxidizing and falling apart.
Replace the whole arrangement with normal reel bands.
Them's yer options young multiple personality.
As ever,......
Moley
The simplest solution is to wrap the split ring in Electricians Tape.....done with care it looks okay and is cheap and replaceable.
The more permanent way would be to attempt a braze but be careful as old ally has a very annoying habit of oxidizing and falling apart.
Replace the whole arrangement with normal reel bands.
Them's yer options young multiple personality.
As ever,......
Moley
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Another quick fix is a cable tie, possibly with insulation tape to smooth it over.
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Easy....epoxy adhesive and drill and pin.Bobthefloat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:15 pm Brought this a while ago, gave it a quick waggle put it in the bag and hung it for a month or two.
Got to my favourite pool last weekend and wound on my pin to the locking reel seat and something didn't feel right.
On closer inspection the bottom female reel holder thingy has completely split!
Disaster, luckily I was able to borrow a rod.
Anyone know where and how this can be fixed?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Mines been like it all the while I've had it with no issues whatsoever.
"Oh for want of rod and line I'd fish this stream serene, sublime".
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Easy....epoxy adhesive and drill and pin.Bobthefloat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:15 pm Brought this a while ago, gave it a quick waggle put it in the bag and hung it for a month or two.
Got to my favourite pool last weekend and wound on my pin to the locking reel seat and something didn't feel right.
On closer inspection the bottom female reel holder thingy has completely split!
Disaster, luckily I was able to borrow a rod.
Anyone know where and how this can be fixed?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Mines been like it all the while I've had it with no issues whatsoever.
"Oh for want of rod and line I'd fish this stream serene, sublime".
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
Many thanks for all the replies chap's
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
That is so simple and obvious that it is brilliant. Job’s a goodun!Jeremy Croxall wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:20 amEasy....epoxy adhesive and drill and pin.Bobthefloat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:15 pm Brought this a while ago, gave it a quick waggle put it in the bag and hung it for a month or two.
Got to my favourite pool last weekend and wound on my pin to the locking reel seat and something didn't feel right.
On closer inspection the bottom female reel holder thingy has completely split!
Disaster, luckily I was able to borrow a rod.
Anyone know where and how this can be fixed?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Mines been like it all the while I've had it with no issues whatsoever.
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Re: Help needed. SHARPES 9"3 SPINNING ROD
The repair to Jeremy's was undertaken by master rod builder Gary Marshall. I trust the quality of his work implicitly.
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