Eye Repair

And most tackle shops will replace it for about $10 plus cost of guide.

"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message
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Ahh... don't make too big of a deal of replacing your guide(s) Warren. I
just did one on one of my spinning rods yesterday. I'm not really picky
about how they look, as long as they're functional. All in all, I think it
came out fairly well.


"gobassn" wrote in message
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You guys are all missing the boat here. The guy has lost the ceramic
interior of the guide, not a wrap-problem.

As far as I know he needs to replace the eye itself, exactly the practice
that I plan on learning shortly.

Warren


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"AJH" wrote in message
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If the guide is not loose just coat the wrap with varnish, color
preservative should be not necessary because it was applied before..

"gobassn" wrote in
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You guys are all missing the boat here. The guy has lost the ceramic
interior of the guide, not a wrap-problem.

As far as I know he needs to replace the eye itself, exactly the
practice that I plan on learning shortly.

Warren



That's exactly what I'm talking about. If the ceramic insert fell out of
the guide, it needs to be replaced. You can try to do this without
rewrapping, but the repair won't be as reliable as doing it the right way.

I guess the problem is I don't know what an "eye" is.

Scott

"drwhittaker" wrote in message
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One of the eyes of my casting rod has lost the inner coating (the
plastic stuff that protects the line). It is the third eye down from
the tip. I have replaced the tip eye before, but this is the first
time that I have encountered this problem. The eye is basically ok
other than that. I wonder if I replace the coating some how? The rod
is a BPS Extreme, which uses Fiji eyes. If try to replace this eye, I
will have to remove that plastic wrap that hold the eye. Would that be
difficult to do without damaging the rod? Or I could just cut the eye
off. Suggestions?

A rod guide is comprised of two components, the wire frame and the insert
(which can be many different materials, ceramic, silicone carbide, cermet,
etc.). I'm not exactly sure what you have for a problem.

Many guides have an acrylic coating over the actual insert and frame to help
bond the insert to the frame. If this coating is coming off, creating a
rough spot, you might be able to pick the rest of the coating off the
bearing surface of the guide insert and you should be all right.

If the actual eye insert came out, sometimes they can be popped back in and
secured with a dab or two of Super Glue.

If the insert is missing totally, you're screwed and the guide will have to
be replaced. Yes, then the epoxy coating over the thread wraps will have to
be carefully cut off and removed from the rod.

There's no reason why you can't do this yourself, but most people prefer to
have it done. Check with several local bait/tackle shops and they should be
able to either refer you to someone that can make the repair, or they'll act
as a drop point.

Hopefully this helps.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

You need a new guide. This job is simple for a rod builder and very complex
for a novice, in fact you can easily ruin the blank if you are not careful
when removing the bad guide. Find a rod builder.


"drwhittaker" wrote in message
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One of the eyes of my casting rod has lost the inner coating (the
plastic stuff that protects the line). It is the third eye down from
the tip. I have replaced the tip eye before, but this is the first
time that I have encountered this problem. The eye is basically ok
other than that. I wonder if I replace the coating some how? The rod
is a BPS Extreme, which uses Fiji eyes. If try to replace this eye, I
will have to remove that plastic wrap that hold the eye. Would that be
difficult to do without damaging the rod? Or I could just cut the eye
off. Suggestions?


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drwhittaker