How To Fix Broken Reel Foot

Repairing foot on old Mitchell 300 reel carbon fibre. Hope thats not a JDM reel if its not Shimano will most likely take care of you.

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How to fix broken reel foot. Watch as we use Bondic to repair a broken fishing rod thats reel foot has broken off from the reel seat. To avoid this cancel and sign in to. Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and influence TV recommendations.

One welder told me it is pot metal and probably couldnt be welded. How about glueing the boken bit back on and then getting a peice of matel plate the same length as the whole reel foot where the little round sticker is and securing itonce on the rod it should hold firm as the plate will act as a kind of splintyou wouldnt be able to see the repair as it would be hidden under the reels seat on the rod. Slide the fiberglass pole into one side of the fishing rod.

Blast it with some brake cleaner. 1030 oil wont collect grit as bad as grease youll just have to put a drop of 1030 on the worm from time to time. Ever have a measuring tape get stuck on you and it wont go back in.

Then coat with epoxy. Push one end of the fiberglass pole. In the green labled bottle.

A builder can use the parts for repairs if you know anyone. Glue on the broken piece with ZAP medium C A glue. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.

Can they be fixed. Most wont even take the stress of being tightened into a reel seat. If so you could use small screws to attach each piece to a thin piece of steel about 015 to 020 thick with epoxy between each piece and the reel foot pieces and the steel.

Brazing is about the only way to repair cast metals and even that doesnt marry well. Then oil the bushings on each end of the worm with 3in1 oil and a few drops of 1030 motor oil on the worm gear. Search across the entire site Search in this forum Search in this discussion.

Order Bondic to try for yourself. Love those Open Face Spinning Reels. Shortening any rod tip will increase the lure weight rating and slow the action.

A running guide can work on the tip. My thought was to cut off the foot from a scraped mitchell head and weld it in place of the orvis foot. Hold your rod horizontally so you can position the fiberglass pole in the rod without it sliding too far.

Have a couple of different reels that have broken feet to attach to a rod. I have never seen a cosmetically pleasing spinning reel footleg repair that would last past anything more than sitting on a shelf. Steel will be much stronger than aluminum for its thickness so that this will all still fit it in your rods reel seat.

Thats just to hold it together. If the reel is really cheap -- as in price -- then the best solution is simply to go out and buy another cheap reel. I dropped a Penn spinning reel and broke off part of the foot that goes into the rod reel seat.

I fixed many. Here is a quick step by step guide on how to fix it and make it just like brand new. Youd have to drill into the remaining part of the foot and broken part and put in a stud and then epoxy it back together but itd never be like new again.

Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 10 of 10 Posts. Garrantee not to EVER break. OTOH if the reel is a cheap classic reel that the person is quite fond of then the solution is NOT to fix the foot with JB weld but rather to buy a parts reel on fleabay and replace the housing that has the foot.

A replacement side plate with an intact foot is not available anymore. Then CA glue on the carbon fibre on top bottom sandwich the break with it. Fixing it on youre own would be quite difficult I believe.

From the description of the rod and the break this one wont likely be very pleasurable to fish except for maybe vertically with a heavy jig or spoon maybe.

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