Thanks gang for all the good advice. I used a small heat gun to remove the metal seat. The wood spacer wouldn't heat up with the small gun but I used boiling water, dipped it into the water for about a minute and slid off the wooden spacer.

Two questions. How would you suggest I ream out the new grip. The hole is about 1/2 the diameter of the bamboo butt? Second what adhesive should I use to reset the new grip and the spacer and reel seat.

Thanks for the good advice.

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Tom