Ok guys, so I ended up just cutting the knob (couldn’t find a punch) which was easy with a carpenters knife, the somewhat difficult part was removing the plastic that’s left on from the inside of the knob that’s wrapped around the bar.
Took a little extra time but I managed to cut enough to fit my pliers in to hold the bar and the screw finally came undone.
Thanks for everyone’s help and input but just got some related questions.
The screws for the knobs, can they be purchased anywhere or are they specific screws?
I know you can buy reel related stuff off hedgehog studios etc but I’m in Canada so wondering if there’s anything local that sells them.
I noticed the ones on the megabass handle were shorter than the ones on my IP79 so I ended up having to use them but obviously need a replacement for that damaged screw.
Also do you guys recommend I use locktite and will that give me a hard time in the future when removing the one knob because I know the bar will spin again?
And one more thing, every time I’ve swapped knobs I always put those spacers back but I can never get the knobs to spin again, but when I remove those spacers, they do.
Are the spacers that important?
Thanks again guys!