NOT just another rod question
 

Any of youze rod folks out thea gots any advice on how to seperate two piece graphite rods that are stuck togetha??? Whats a safe way with out damagin em???? A little heat??? A little cold????
Help.

Ya you can try ice on one half and some heat on the ferrel part to see if it loosens.
or you can just ask a guy with hands the size of mine to pull them apart ;)

good luck

maybe a little penetrating oil, wd-40, and wait a day?

Mike knows plenty about penetrating oil should be an easy task for him

Put the ferrul behind your knees and grab the rod on each side and spread your knees apart. gives you more leverage.

I'm not too sure I would put any penetrating oil etc on a graphite blank.

For a heat source I have used a blow dryer or a wet face cloth heated in a microwave then wrapped around the ferrul.

Good luck

Mike,
Be sure you are twisting them apart, just as you would put them together.

Ice it on the way to Slips house, that ought to do it.:as:

Yup... ice. Wrap the ferrule in a bag of ice and let it sit for a while... like 1/2 hour. Usually that's all it takes. I don't like the WD40 idea... but that's me. Or the heat.... Ice.... just ice.

I had one that was stuck (I didn't rinse off after use and the season I stored the rod over the winter) and couldn't separate the parts using the above methods. I finally used PB - a penetrating catalist - on it. I let it set a while and it came apart easily. Just remember to clean the PB off after separating the sections. Two piece rods are a pain.:wall:

use one of your crusty socks....and you don't even own a 2-piece:bs:

pee on it then ice it :jester:

If Slip can't do it..Ur now the proud owner of a one piece..:huh: