Tip guide loose

[Jmp_37]

Was looking at my guides today and noticed my tip guide is slightly loose and I can wiggle it back and worth a tiny bit and gear a little tick sound when I do. Is this going to be a problem? Or should I just stop worrying about it.

[Steve1357]

If none of it is affecting the line passing through it, I'd wait until you see line being damaged.

 

I had a nick once in a guide in middle, started seeing angel hair shavings on spool...(monofilament)

 

Tips are cheap, whatever you would be comfortable with.

[Ktho]

It’s a very easy fix so I’d just take care of it. Tips are put using a hot melt glue, real cheap at a mud hole or a place that sells rod building supplies. Just take a lighter to it to warm up the guide, it comes loose real easy and just pop it off. Some people heat up a glue stick and put some on the blank, others roll up a little and put it inside the guide, some do both. But after glueing it up just shove it on there and line it up and peel off the excess. The glue dries pretty darn fast but you can always reheat it if you need to realign it.

[Jmp_37]

Thanks guys I decided to just heat it up and see if it would stop moving and sure enough it did, no glue or guides needed 

[govallis]

3 hours ago, Jmp_37 said:

Thanks guys I decided to just heat it up and see if it would stop moving and sure enough it did, no glue or guides needed 

That's exactly what I was to suggest, but you already done, good job.