A mate of mine swears by rubbing the male end through your hair before assembling the rod as the natural oils act as a lubricant....have to admit that I've never had trouble seperating rods since this.  I'm just worried about my lack of hair!

DONT sand anything down.!!

Make sure both sections are really clean and just rub the entire inserted section of the male end with a soft graphite pencil.
Put the rod together a bit until it starts to feel tight and gently rotate the two pieces around a few times .Remove clean and repeat again and you should be done.

Just remember to give the sections a quick rub down with the pencil every now and then.

Gooner wrote: A mate of mine swears by rubbing the male end through your hair before assembling the rod as the natural oils act as a lubricant....have to admit that I've never had trouble seperating rods since this.  I'm just worried about my lack of hair!

Thanks mate, an old coot once told me to rub the male end behind my ear to get the oil.

Yeahnah wrote: DONT sand anything down.!! Make sure both sections are really clean and just rub the entire inserted section of the male end with a soft graphite pencil. Put the rod together a bit until it starts to feel tight and gently rotate the two pieces around a few times .Remove clean and repeat again and you should be done. Just remember to give the sections a quick rub down with the pencil every now and then.

Thanks mate, was reluctant to sand anything on a $500 + rod. Interesting about the graphite. Will give it a careful clean and try the pencil graphite. Thanks.

scuzzymoto wrote: should have read the hole post---- may have a split in the ferrel section not a good idea to put silicon on it if and when you get it apart clean it down also use a pencil and rub the lead over the bottom join this helps with sticking-- how old is the rod as Kilwell have a 5 year warranty on them

Yeah mate, I can't see any splits, it's in excellent nick. It's only a year old, and I understand Kilwell are extremely cool about honouring their warrantees. Thanks re the pencil. Will give it a go.

keep on fishing wrote: I use vasilene works perfectly no issues at all

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what I do with mine (although mine is a cheap rod I dont care about) when it jams, is just to use the largest line-guide as a lever and rotate it, once its moved a little it will come apart easily. Been working fine for me for a while now.

one leg wrote: put it back on Trademe problem solved

Kilwell were awesome with a recent rod repair - I was fully prepared to pay the full cost of guides bashed on the rocks, but without even being asked they gave me the guides for free and all I had to pay for was the labour.