So I broke off the last two inches of my Yamaga Blanks 71 TZ Nano trying to pull it from the rod sleeve. To get the rod out of the sleeve, you have to push it up from the bottom until you can see the top of the sections in the opening of the sleeve. If you push it too far (as I did) it ends up in a “pocket” of the rod sleeve and if not careful, you can break a tip. I think this is a bad design of this rod sleeve. I will likely alter it, so this doesn’t happen again. The sad thing is that we knew this would happen eventually with this rod sleeve. Those who have a YB know what I’m talking about. Enough about that...

So I think I will attempt a repair myself. I have watched several YouTube videos (I’m an expert now, ha ha ha). If it feels like the action isn’t right after the repair or I mess up the top section of the rod, I will order a new rod section. This rod is 7’ 1”, so it will end up being 6’ 11” after the repair. Who knows, it might still work out good for me. The question I have is does anyone know what type of adhesive JDM rods are made with? Is is a thermoplastic or some other kind of adhesive? If it is a thermoplastic, I should be able to heat up the rod guide and pull the tip top off the broken rod section. Then I can heat up some thermoplastic I have and make the repair and reuse the rod guide. Several YouTube videos indicated that custom rods are made with thermoplastic and production rods are made with other types of adhesives that have a melting point that is often higher than what would damage the rod blank. With this type of adhesive, it is more difficult to remove from the damaged rod blank.


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