Broken top rod guide

[68camaro]

Last year I bought a JB Customs Rods Frog n Rat rod at fishing expo, recently upper rod guide separated from tip top sleeve. I emailed JB and left several messages but clearly service after sale is not important to them, I was going to buy a second rod from them but will pass due to poor customer service.

 

What is best way to fix rod tip, do I try to JB Weld rod guide back on or replace guide/tip combo. How do I get old rod tip off? I heard you heat it then pull off but not sure if correct.

 

Thanks in  advance.

[Fisher-O-men]

The tip is hot-melt glued on.  Heat it with a lighter and it will come right off.  Be careful not to burn the tip of the rod.  You will need hot-melt glue to put on a new tip, or you can take it to a tackle shop and they can do it usually pretty cheaply.  Probably less than $10.  I have a place that did it for $6.

 

BTW, hot melt glue is not the same as craft hot glue.  The stuff you want is what is used to put arrow heads on arrows.

[68camaro]

6 hours ago, Fisher-O-men said:

The tip is hot-melt glued on.  Heat it with a lighter and it will come right off.  Be careful not to burn the tip of the rod.  You will need hot-melt glue to put on a new tip, or you can take it to a tackle shop and they can do it usually pretty cheaply.  Probably less than $10.  I have a place that did it for $6.

 

BTW, hot melt glue is not the same as craft hot glue.  The stuff you want is what is used to put arrow heads on arrows.

thank you

[MickD]

I have never heard of a successful repair of a tiptop, so replace is the only option, iMO.

 

 

A good way to prevent overheating the blank is to tie the tiptop to something and apply a little force as you apply heat.  IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH!  Doing it this way makes certain you don't apply too much heat.  Piece of cake.

 

Unless the tiptop was epoxied on, which means it will not come off with just a little heat.  Here is where you get into a problem because epoxy doesn't melt, and the heat it takes to soften it is very close to the heat it takes to damage the blank.  Apply heat, as little as possible, and try to twist the tiptop gently while heated.  Apply  a little heat many times, working on it each time you heat it.  BUT, if you apply too much heat, the blank will break.  If it does, you will have lost only about 1/2-3/4 inch, so it's not that big a deal.  

 

Then get a properly sized tiptop and use the glue mentioned in the previous post.