I've got a problem with the top part of a rod handle. When placing the reel on the handle, when I tighten down on the reel from the top, the handle is slipping on the last thread and will not tighten down. I need to know how I can replace this without having to take all of the eyes off the rod, replace the top of the handle, and then put all the eyes back on the rod. I would appreciate any advice that you can give me on the problem.
Thanks,
Big Al

Is the seat bottoming out or are the threads worn? Either way it sounds like you may have to put a new seat on there. You can do it from the rear and only be out a rear grip. You'll also have to size everything to go back over the butt so some shims will be needed for everything to fit properly when back in place. If I have left out any possible fixes I hope others will put in their .02 worth.

It sounds like you may have to replace the old reelseat. If you take off the butt cork you well have to shim the new cork with a cord or thread to build up the rod for the new cork

The blank run though the reelseat and the real is place right on top on the blank. It then has a place to tighten down the real. You can see the blank both on the top and bottom on the reelseat so I hope that I will be about to get that part off. Thanks for the help.