seized rod

Got a little 2 peice rod that has seized together pretty bloody good. I cant get it appart.

 

Any suggestions on lubes or procedures to seperate? Or do i just yank fark out of it?


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try these, i used the cold water trick on beach rod

Sat, 2015-01-31 08:45
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 Hi Scotto - what we ususally

Sat, 2015-01-31 08:44

 Hi Scotto - what we ususally do in this case is put a bag of frozen mulies on either side of the joint for 10 minutes (or put the whole lot in the bait freezer if it fits!) and then ease it apart.  Try a bag of frozen peas on either side of the joint at home and you should be able to get it apart.

 

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 Freezer works a treat!I had

Sat, 2015-01-31 09:14

 Freezer works a treat!

I had a similar situation, after 15 mins in the freezer it came apart with little effort

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Plus 1

Sat, 2015-01-31 10:01

 Plus 1 for freezer or something frozen

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 Or is someone looking for an

Sat, 2015-01-31 14:16

 Or is someone looking for an excuse to buy a new rod maybe ;)....damn, it wont come apart to fit in the car...ill just run down to the tackle shop and buy a new one lol

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 And what's a good way of

Sat, 2015-01-31 14:27

 And what's a good way of ensuring it doesn't happen again once apart? Used to be able to get graphite powder but haven't seen that stuff around for a while (druggo's probaly found a way to snort the stuff lol) Ideas guys?

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Sat, 2015-01-31 15:55

We always used to rub the male ferrule on the outside of your nose prior to connecting the two pieces. The natural oils in the skin would act as a lubricant. That worked with the old fashioned metal ferrules anyway.

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 Sea-Kem - I came across some

Sat, 2015-01-31 14:37

 Sea-Kem - I came across some Graphite Powder in Bunnings a couple of days back if that helps.  I think they use it as a dry lube for door locks etc.


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 Cheers Jon

Sat, 2015-01-31 17:31

 Cheers Jon

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candle wax

Sat, 2015-01-31 14:43

Is a pretty good dry lube. For fishing rods...... of course.....

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 If you can't find graphite.

Sat, 2015-01-31 15:54

 If you can't find graphite. Just use pencile shavings as that's graphite.

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 Some good lateral thinking

Sat, 2015-01-31 17:26

 Some good lateral thinking there lads.

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I feel for you

Sat, 2015-01-31 23:16

 I had the same problem... But with a severne 460 100% carbon windsurfer mast. Try seperating a 4.6m mast. We tried two guys grunting n swearing... No luck . Two booms on the seperate mast pieces to try n twist apart. Ended up cracking the mast... Soo out came the Dremel and we eventually got em apart. Mast was totally rooted in the long run . Took it back to the supplier ( west oz company) they laughed and gave me a brand new mast no questions asked... Made a quick trip to bottle store for a carton of thanks for the boys... Now that's customer service for you... New mast works a treat

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Can buy graphite powder at

Sun, 2015-02-01 16:23

Can buy graphite powder at most good Gyprock supply shops csr ect us gyprockers use it daily to lube our screw guns!

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Nothing worse than a dry

Sun, 2015-02-01 17:44

Nothing worse than a dry seized shaft Scotto...

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 Already been said, but

Mon, 2015-02-02 21:00

 Already been said, but ice/freezing works every time that I've seen.

To avoid it happening, I use a ferrule wax. I use the Smith stuff but I'm sure there are others. Nose oil probably works just as good, but I've been using the wax for 5 years or so now and never had a stuck rod since, even after week plus long expedition trips where the rods don't get broken down during that time.

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