Hello and thanks for all the advice on past questions,
I would like to know the process involved in seat replacement. Do I have to disassemble the whole rod or is there something I am missing? Logic tells me I will have to remove the guides to make this repair.
Mark

You can replace it from the butt end if that requires less work for you. It will mean that you must replace the seat and rear grip and possibly do some shimming of the replacement rear grip at the forward edge, but overall it can be less work to do it that way. It's one of the ways that many repairmen "cheat" to get the job done. Done properly, there is nothing at all wrong with it.

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I have also heard of someone cutting through the reel seat and blank at an angle, removing the reel seat, inserting a smaller diameter blank into the inside of the cut blank, adding a new reel seat and reattaching the butt section. If you do this, don’t be too stingy on the epoxy.

If done properly, no extra “refurbishing” of the rod is required.

-Greg
[www.ReelsAndEels.com]

Have never thought about your method but it has possibilities.

I have never had good luck by puting the butt cork in from the rear. What you may do if you are inclined to put the butt cork is to shim with thread or a cord and lots of epoxy glue.
Good Luck Bob

Just talked to a friend about this exact subject. He recommended that I remove the rear grip and reel seat, and install the new seat using rings of masking tape completely filled between with epoxy paste to make a nice, rigid foundation.

After attaching the seat, use D thread and "level out" the taper of the blank from the reel seat back. This means you wrap more thread near the reel seat tapering down to nothing at the butt of the blank. Apply epoxy to the threads, let soak in, and remove any drips.

Ream the hole in the rear grip straight, and attach as usual.

Sounds like it would work fine, and I will be finding out as soon as my cork order gets in. I hope this helps.

TH