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HELP- rod joint problems

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Scott Cushman:
Hi,
Bought  tenryu tuna spike. Great rod. However the join is incredibly stiff, in fact I pushed the joins together and couldnt pull them apart (even with the help of a friend) until I iced the join. Dont want to do that again. Its only able to enter about 1 cm before it gets very stiff. The only thing I can think of is to get some very fine sand paper and carefully sand off a thin film of graphite to improve the fit... I doubt lubricant will help as its a very tight fit, not dirt or residue. I cant really return as the postage back overseas will be some atronomical price.... for some reason shipping rods out of NZ is hideous, but you can get stuff posted in thats over 1.6meters...
Any ideas?
Thanks
Scott

Mark Harris:
I would suggest very gentle light sanding will solve the issue.  If you are not confident to do this yourself, I am sure your local friendly rod builder or tackle store will be happy to oblige.

Jon Li:
Scott ,

Use your lady's hair dryer and warm the handle without burning the EVA grip by wrapping it with aluminium foil , if this does not work , cool the ferrule at the same time using ice , this should work . Twisting the rod and the handle will pry open the stuck joint .

Do not sand the bare ferrule because in the future you will get too loose a connection and the rod will fly off after a few strong cast , my decade old LR86 had to be relaminated almost every a couple of years to give it enough thickness for good grip on the handle to prevent it from flying off .

Jon .

Scott Cushman:
Thanks for the replies, to be honest, I dont like the idea of having to use heat/ice every time I need to break down the rod, its just not practical. I dont think I have many other options other than to very carefully & lighlty sand the male ferrule. My understanding is that they make them so that so over time (when the male joint wears) you can push it further in and continue to have a tight fit, as most rods have the male ferrule un varnished further up to accommodate this....

Jon Li:
Hi Scott ,

Yes , new rods usually have around 1" or less uncoated blank showing above the mark where the end of the ferrule of the handle , over time both the inner wall of the handle and outer wall of the blank will experience wear off , after a few years of usage the uncoated blank is going to disapprear as the blank goes deeper into the handle .

The heat / ice treatment is for separating a completely stuck rod and I am not suggesting you do it everytime you use the rod .

Jon .

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