my buddys got a mbr844 imx rod.  the reel seat has come loose.  the rod will spin inside the reel seat.  but the two grips are still stuck.  can someone tell me how to fix this?  without sending to loomis.

The rod should be sent back to Loomis® for exchange (use the expeditor system). If you try to repair the rod, and screw the pooch on it, you will nullify the warranty that you may need if you ever break the exchanged one.

Just my .02¢ as a rod builder.....

he wanted to try and fix himself without sending it off.  its an older rod.  i don't think he really cares about the warrenty.  if it ever broke or anything he would probably just buy another.  we just thought there might be an easy fix to this.  

thanks for your help.

If the rod accidently got broken  : the company would send him a brand new one for the fee.

If you want to repair the reel seat, you could drill a couple of holes in the reel seat where the reel sits (this way it's covered when the reel is installed). You have to be careful not to drill to deep and damage the blank and you can inject epoxy into the holes and let it set up. This technique doesn't always work as some of the reel seats are installed with a solid foam arbor and you can't get the epoxy down to the blank. If the reel seat was installed with tape bushings you would be fine. As stated before your best bet would be to send it back to Loomis and have the rod replaced.

tacoman,

There are NO easy fix's in a rod repair!!

He would have to drill 3 times around the rear and fore grip and seat, at just the right angle so not to drill into the rod blank, but deep enough to be able to get a 2 part rod building epoxy under the seat. Then he would have to inject a 2 part rod building epoxy into the holes all the time making sure the rod blank and reel seat are aligned properly.

Once he drills the rods rear and fore grip into the seat and the rod broke, Loomis® would not even consider the replacement, they would be able to tell from the drilling process that the rod was being repair outside of their system by an amateur.

Good luck

If it was me I would send it back to get fixed, being its a 220 or so dollar rod. Then I would go to Walmart and buy a cheap rod to play with. I would take the chance to mess up a Loomis.

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