Stuck rod sections

I have 8- BnM 16 foot trolling rods (PST16). I normally just leave them assembled in my boat rod rack. The other day I went to take my rod rack off the boat and take the 3 piece rods apart, but found it really difficult to get the rod sections apart. Some are stuck solid. I was afraid I would break some of them, so I stopped and thought I would ask on here for suggestions.

If I can get them apart without damage, I think I will apply car wax to the joints before I re-assemble them.

Let me know how to correct and prevent this in the future !!

Happy New Year !!

Thx

I've heard you can take an ice bag and put it over the joint for several minutes and it will contract and pull apart then. Don't know about the car wax though.

Keep us posted on what worked out for ya! Personally I cant think of a time I needed to take mine apart but not saying I wont have to some day. Happy New Year also!

The wax should help but in the mean time you have to get them apart.
Standing with your feet together put the rod behind your knees, grasp the rod with one hand on one side of the joint in the rod and the other on the other side, grip the rod tightly and twist in opposite directions, now spread your knees apart pushing on your wrists, rod should come apart, repeat on other stuck sections.

I put duck call in the frig or freezer to get them a part. it do the same to a rod

Anybody got a 16 foot freezer he can borrow...lol

W D 40 spray the joints let set a few minutes



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Thanks for the suggestions. I will give them a try , but I don't think the freezer idea will work coz it was 13 degrees here in Russellville, AR when I was trying to get them apart last week !!

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

The wax should help but in the mean time you have to get them apart.
Standing with your feet together put the rod behind your knees, grasp the rod with one hand on one side of the joint in the rod and the other on the other side, grip the rod tightly and twist in opposite directions, now spread your knees apart pushing on your wrists, rod should come apart, repeat on other stuck sections.

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What he says.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

The wax should help but in the mean time you have to get them apart.
Standing with your feet together put the rod behind your knees, grasp the rod with one hand on one side of the joint in the rod and the other on the other side, grip the rod tightly and twist in opposite directions, now spread your knees apart pushing on your wrists, rod should come apart, repeat on other stuck sections.

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I need a video of this. [emoji12]

I've heard it works every time. [emoji4]

Bill, it's an old fly fisherman's trick. Just grab each side of the rod at the joint behind your knees and squat. It will work most of the time.

I have a cooler you can use. If you try all this other ways and they don't work

Thanks, Gindog

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Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

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like meatgetter said, just spray em with wd40 and be done with it. then put some vaseline on em and move on to something more complicated :cheers2

old fly fisher showed me to rub the ferrule along the side of your nose when you put them together. oil from the sebaceous glands lube them. used the knee trick lots of times too.

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Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd

old fly fisher showed me to rub the ferrule along the side of your nose when you put them together. oil from the sebaceous glands lube them. used the knee trick lots of times too.

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Old timer taught me the same thing and Gomer is right it does work, but the sides of my nose started turning red after awhile.:mad:

After trying freezing rod joints- no luck, heating rod joints- no luck, and trying the squating with rod behind your knees- this did free up 2 stuck joints- then tried WD40- no luck and then had to wash oil off the rods, I tried the method shown on the link below.

This worked fairly easily and un-stuck all the remaining stuck rod sections .... I would try this first if you ever have some get stuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z542jNael1k

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

The wax should help but in the mean time you have to get them apart.
Standing with your feet together put the rod behind your knees, grasp the rod with one hand on one side of the joint in the rod and the other on the other side, grip the rod tightly and twist in opposite directions, now spread your knees apart pushing on your wrists, rod should come apart, repeat on other stuck sections.

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Yep, it works for sure. Just do it real slow. Had to do it with a couple of my steelhead rods!