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Repairing a broken paddle blade
After recently breaking a blade in some big surf I made some enquiries on how to
replace a broken blade the lads from brookbanks gave me some good advice.
This repair was done on my lendal paddle
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This is how I repaired it.
First I marked my blade collar or shaft and the blade moulding line with a Stanley knife so that I knew the exact angle too put my new blade back on at
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Then I got a hot air gun and set it up on a table so that it couldn’t move, then holding the paddle over the hot air gun i rotated the blade joint over the top of it by
about two inches until it got hot and the blade become loose
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Then with a bit of help from another person twist and pull apart,
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The spigot will start to come out,
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Once you get the spigot out get a file and file inside the paddle shaft cleaning all the old glue off.
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Get some araldite and spread on the inside of the shaft and on the new blade spigot
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Slowly push the spigot into the shaft making sure you line the
paddle up with your marks.
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Then clean off the excess araldite,
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Then place somewhere carefully too dry.
Over Twelve months on and my paddle blade is still going strong.
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