You already showed us that it's a 6'0, medium Ugly Stik GX2, which caught my eye as I have the same model and the same problem. Happily Shakespeare is sending me a new one, but after seeing how often common this issue is, I doubt I'll buy another one. They clearly have a quality control issue.
Thanks for the video. I have a GX2 ugly stik. The reel seat slid off when I applied too much pressure when assembling the two-piece rod. I am going to try your method to secure it back. So glad to stumble upon your video. It really gives me confidence that I could salvage the rod instead of chucking it aside.
Hey, John quick suggestion. After You Move the foregrip all the way forward Then mark on the rod the leaden edge of the real seat then slide the real seat all the way up and Screw it into the Foregrip. That way you expose as much of the Arbor foundation As possible. That way, you can get almost all the way to the leading Edge the real seat With the Pro paste. Just a suggest that you may try on the next one😊
I've reused syringes. It isn't difficult to clean epoxy out of them; I just suck up and eject acetone a few times. The only problem I have is that acetone removes the measuring marks and printing from the outside of the syringes. But I expect one of these days I'll encounter a syringe constructed of a plastic that doesn't tolerate acetone so well. If I'm lucky, the syringe will fail while cleaning; not so lucky, and the damage won't become apparent until I try injecting epoxy somewhere and make a mess. Probably better to just treat these syringes as disposable.
Yes, I agree on using them as disposable ones, especially since you have the attached needle piece that has to twist down and lock in. To me, it’s to much effort just to ♻️ them again considering the price point. Thank you for watching and commenting.
A year late... I guessed a Shakespeare Ugly Stik but couldn't remember the exact line. I once considered purchasing one of these for a child; glad I didn't! Was the outer portion of the reel seat rotating about the red decorative tube, or was the red tube spinning too? Looks to me like the string only touched the red tube, so that was the only part actually glued to the blank. Which would be baaad if the inside of that decorative piece has no texture, or the red piece was affixed to the outer portion only by friction or some unsuitable adhesive. Execution was very flawed here but the idea of using messily-wound string as an arbor is interesting. Cuts the amount of epoxy required. Probably would have worked just fine on a rod this size had a lot more epoxy been applied at the rear to bond the blank to the actual reel seat. Looks like a a scummy Chinese factory trying to shave a few pennies cut this corner a little too far. Ha ha, in keeping with the apparent quality of the rod, you could have stuffed some used TP down the front of the reel seat to serve as a stopper, then capped it all with a thin layer of glue to seal it up.
@@reelbluecustomrods thats what Im doin now man;) been cutting thistle in the pasture all afternoon. Lost track of time lol. Thanks fer what you do and fer taking the time to make these vids man!!!! Richard from Kansas;)
You already showed us that it's a 6'0, medium Ugly Stik GX2, which caught my eye as I have the same model and the same problem. Happily Shakespeare is sending me a new one, but after seeing how often common this issue is, I doubt I'll buy another one. They clearly have a quality control issue.
I attribute it to mass production and using string as an arbor. Thank you for watching and commenting. 🙏
Great vid. Funny enough repairing old rods is what got me into building my own.
Thank you.
Thanks for the video. I have a GX2 ugly stik. The reel seat slid off when I applied too much pressure when assembling the two-piece rod. I am going to try your method to secure it back. So glad to stumble upon your video. It really gives me confidence that I could salvage the rod instead of chucking it aside.
Awesome and glad you found the video. Please let me know how it turns out for you. Thank you for watching.
Hey, John quick suggestion. After
You Move the foregrip all the way forward Then mark on the rod the leaden edge of the real seat then slide the real seat all the way up and Screw it into the Foregrip. That way you expose as much of the Arbor foundation As possible. That way, you can get almost all the way to the leading Edge the real seat With the
Pro paste. Just a suggest that you may try on the next one😊
I've reused syringes. It isn't difficult to clean epoxy out of them; I just suck up and eject acetone a few times. The only problem I have is that acetone removes the measuring marks and printing from the outside of the syringes. But I expect one of these days I'll encounter a syringe constructed of a plastic that doesn't tolerate acetone so well. If I'm lucky, the syringe will fail while cleaning; not so lucky, and the damage won't become apparent until I try injecting epoxy somewhere and make a mess. Probably better to just treat these syringes as disposable.
Yes, I agree on using them as disposable ones, especially since you have the attached needle piece that has to twist down and lock in. To me, it’s to much effort just to ♻️ them again considering the price point.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
This is great. Thanks!
Very welcome Ryan and glad you like it.
Had this same rod , I bought for just some real light beach fishing and it broke first cast…. Lol I’m not surprised that reel-seat came loose
Yep…You get what you pay for. Thank for watching and commenting.
@@reelbluecustomrods yup , that thing is just tossed somewhere in the garage ..
@@Gibson_custom_rods_and_repairs - I would have done the same thing as well. Have a great rest of your weekend.
My Gx2 has the exact same issue
@@gerberblades - it’s easy to to fix. Thank you for watching and commenting.
A year late... I guessed a Shakespeare Ugly Stik but couldn't remember the exact line. I once considered purchasing one of these for a child; glad I didn't!
Was the outer portion of the reel seat rotating about the red decorative tube, or was the red tube spinning too? Looks to me like the string only touched the red tube, so that was the only part actually glued to the blank. Which would be baaad if the inside of that decorative piece has no texture, or the red piece was affixed to the outer portion only by friction or some unsuitable adhesive.
Execution was very flawed here but the idea of using messily-wound string as an arbor is interesting. Cuts the amount of epoxy required. Probably would have worked just fine on a rod this size had a lot more epoxy been applied at the rear to bond the blank to the actual reel seat. Looks like a a scummy Chinese factory trying to shave a few pennies cut this corner a little too far.
Ha ha, in keeping with the apparent quality of the rod, you could have stuffed some used TP down the front of the reel seat to serve as a stopper, then capped it all with a thin layer of glue to seal it up.
😂😂😂. TP….you got me laughing, and yes, the tube and reel seat rotated independently.
Got here late but am here
Glad you are here Richard and thanks for the support. You can rewatch it once it is over to catch up on what you missed.
@@reelbluecustomrods thats what Im doin now man;) been cutting thistle in the pasture all afternoon. Lost track of time lol. Thanks fer what you do and fer taking the time to make these vids man!!!!
Richard from Kansas;)
@@ramoutdoors6415 - no worries Richard and glad you got to finally come inside and take a break from those thistles. 🤙😀👍😂
Greattt👍
Thank you and I hope to see you during the premiere.
Shakespeare rod
Yes sir.
Shakespeare rod.
Yep.
Remove the plunger and Just pour the pro glue in the top of the syringe.
Yes, you could definitely do that as well, and thanks for watching.
Ugly stik gx2
Yep
Thank you for watching and commenting.