Bent Handle.

[NathanDLTH]

Well. This sums up my season of fishing. Bent my handle on my Zillion SV. Don’t know when. Any recommendations? 

[FrankN209]

Recommendations for a new handle?

 

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https://www.hawgtech.com/hawg-tech-handle-builder?make=Daiwa

 

[NathanDLTH]

10 minutes ago, FrankN209 said:

Recommendations for a new handle?

 

 

Thanks. Is it worth trying to bend back or buy new?

[FrankN209]

You can try to bend it back in a vice, idk, i've never tried before. 

[NathanDLTH]

Okay. 

[jbmaine]

1 hour ago, NathanDLTH said:

Thanks. Is it worth trying to bend back or buy new?

If it bent with out cracking then the metal is soft enough to bend back. Hold the flat section in a vise ( put cloth or thin cardboard around it, so it doesn't get scratched) and pull the bent end back. I'm guessing it's probably anodized aluminum ( if a magnet doesn't stick to it is aluminum) so should bend back pretty easy.

[Deleted account]

If you are somewhat handy, it should be a fairly simple fix. If you are using a vise, I would recommend wood blocks to keep from marring the finish. You can use a small adjustable wrench to make the actual bending. A good idea is if you have another of the same model, take it off the reel, and use it as a guide, or you can work slowly, and just make sure the handle knobs are parallel. Chances are only one side is bent. Worse case scenario, there is a fancy carbon handle in your future.

[Johnetx]

My Zillion handle looks almost exactly like the one shown, and I don't have any idea when or how it happened either!  Did you try to bend it back?  Was it successful, and if not what handle did you buy to replace it?  

[desmobob]

21 minutes ago, Johnetx said:

My Zillion handle looks almost exactly like the one shown, and I don't have any idea when or how it happened either!  Did you try to bend it back?  Was it successful, and if not what handle did you buy to replace it?  

 

I picked up a rod off the deck once to find the reel's nice carbon fiber handle was broken.  I was fishing alone and know I didn't step on it.  Later in the day, I was pulling up the trolling motor and realized what had happened.  

 

The reel was sitting upright with the handle at 90˚ to the rod.  When the trolling motor dropped into its stowed position, it went just low enough to hit a handle that was directly upright.  I later broke one more reel handle before getting it through my thick head that I needed to double-check the location of the reels and reel handles before stowing the motor.

[Blaine Donders]

Tackle Trap

[MAN]

The Zillion SV has an aluminum handle.  Bend it back and keep fishing. 

[DaubsNU1]

Stepped on mine Sunday...bent it back...kept fishing...give it a try.