I have just been brought a rod guide and the inside ring. They are both metal (not a plastic insert). Is there a way I can fix the metal insert without taking off the guide and replacing the whole guide?

I would think better and easer to just replace it

Bill - willierods.com

If it's a metal ringed guide and the ring is broken out of the frame, it's done. Replace the guide with a new one.

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There are some Alps guides that use an insert that has a metallic vapor deposition treatment; the rings look like metal, but are ceramic.
You might look at their catalog and find a match. The ones with the metallic vapor deposition are very handsome guides.

On another recent post a poster mentioned that applying Gorilla (the "super glue kind" not the wood glue) around the perphery of the ring on both sides will repair it. Might work-I've never done it. If you try it, be sure not to forget to clean the surfaces for best chance of holding.

Here is the post by Steve Gardner: Assuming that these are larger guides (base in the type of fishing you are doing).
You can take a tooth pick and some Gorilla shock resistant supper glue, and run a thin line of glue around each of the guide frames against the insert (each side). Which will reinforce all of them and repair the one that is loose.
It will wick into joint of the one loose insert and re-glue it to the frame.

I have done this several times with good success. Even with some of the old style Batson Micro guides before they redesigned them. Have yet to have one the new designed Micro's fail.

If you know how to TIG weld, that'll do it.

Dennis J. Danku
(Sayreville,NJ)

David,
So much simpler and more reliable to tie a new guide on a rod that has a missing or broken ring, or guide.


Be safe

Replace the guide and be done with it.

Replace it. You want the customer to trust your workmanship. If you do a quick fix and it fails you might lose his future business and the people he explains guide repair experience to. Good luck MH

Thanks everyone. I was unsure if there was a fix. On to replacing it now