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Trigger
 
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I have a CMS70MH Marshmaster rod made by Challenger & somehow while rigging it up the other morning in my living room  , the rod tip ended up in the ceiling fan & broke the last 4" off  That rod was only used twice before this happened Anything I can do to still use it? Possibly cut what's left stickout out past what is now the last eye? Would that work?
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Grouper
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too funny, not your rod breaking of course, but I did the same thing to a rod I used only twice....except car door amputation here 
lost the top 2" of rod.
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Trigger
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| What did you end up doing with the rod?
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Trigger
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unochamp (7/29/2008)
You are an idiot! If you can't keep your rod out of the fan, you shouldn't be a doctor.I'm glad you could contribute some useful information to this forum with your first post.
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Ruby Red Lip
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| Take a tubing cutter and cut the end off the existing rod removing any frayed pieces of material leaving a cleaned up solid piece of rod, Go to a sporting good store and buy an eye/tip replacement kit that contains the glue and tip, Replace the tip. easy
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Snapper
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I've broken a couple tips, never as much as 4 inches, but what I always do is just go to gander mountain and pick up some tips and some 2 mix Epoxy from the hardware store and just put another tip on if the rod is worth it. I replaced a tip for one of my few gulf rods and it held up great. That 2-mix epoxy is all that rod builders used to secure tips anyway. The only thing is that since you dont have a rod roller to keep it turning you have to turn it yourself. So you want to make sure you get the expoxy the dries within 5-20min. It wont fully cure I think for around 24 hrs, but after 20-30min you wont have to keep turning it yourself. I just turned the tv on and sat there turning for a while. Then propped the rod straight upright so if anything the epoxy would run down evenly through the night. You may have to wrap some duck tape or something around the very tip to give the eye a tight fight on the rod and keep it from getting out of alignment while your're turning the rod. After 30-40 min's you should be good and you can just set your rod up. I've done this with three different rods and it's very simple and strong. Also if you have to use duck tape make sure you put a lot of epoxy inside the tip hole before you slide it on.
Take care. Kenny
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Trigger
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thanks guys, I'll try it 
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| See if you can find some flex-coat ferrule cement. It has to be the flex-coat brand. Most tackle shops carry the gudebrod brand and that stuff is just no good. It is too soft. The flex-coat ferrule cement you can just melt with a torch or the flame off of your gas stove and rub a little on the end of your rod and just slide the tip over it. It sets in seconds and is much easier than using two part epoxy. Also easier to replace the tip if you ever bust the ring out. If you can't find the flex coat cement then the two part epoxy is the way to go.
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