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here's how I fixed one; got a couple of needles(syringe) from the pharmacy; mixed up some epoxy and heated it so it would be thin enough to be used thru the needle; made several insertions around the cork, pushing in epoxy until it would start oozing out of the hole; I also made some angled insertions from the front of the cork above the winding check; nasty way to do it but itworked.
I think you could do the same thing with a waterproof wood glue if you can find a needle that will suck it into the syringe.
Close up the holes with a mixture of cork dust and waterproof wood glue; sand lightly when the glue is dry; you can't find the holes; they disappear. (this is gonna sound a little gross to some, but the glue can be better spread if you put the hole to your mouth and blow the glue out of the hole onto the rod. I guess this could be better accomplished another way, but I think it helped a little)-p-