You may also be able to have your reel rebuilt for a fraction of what it would take to source the parts on your own. It may work out better for you to trade the reel you have plus some cash for a new rebuilt or custom built reel than to try to find what you need to repair your reel. It's a big market for people who love those reels and there are many specialty shops that just cater to these types as well. Get your questions answers confirmed elsewhere. Better to talk to people that you can be sure know what their talking about rather than assume someone here does. Later 46/56/66 palming reels addressed this small glitch, but not the first run like yours.It would help if you did an Internet search for people who specialize in these reels (and there are alot of them!) in addition to outfits that deal in third party upgrades for equipment like yours also. If you already are aware of this kewl, but others reading the thread may not catch this, and wonder why their reel won't engage. It will not go there till you put a screwdriver in, and flip the reel into cast mode, so the pin can fit inside the crescent.

Note that little crescent-shaped hole on the bottom of the brake plate. The thumb bar activation pin will not work otherwise. Oh yeah: shouting now: If and when you take the reel down for mods or fix, you need to engage the cast function before you put the tranny side on the frame. The handle would sell for 10 something, maybe more, star the same, and if the plates are not all 'boat-rashed', should fetch you 30.00 the pair, or more. If you want to fish the reel, and make some coin down the road, remove the handle, star, and sideplates, and replace with scuzzy ones from other reels. The sideplates for your reel are long gone John in black, and rapidly going away in grey, and red.

From the factory.įrom a warranty center, the number would have a big dremel X across it, or totally obliterated by dremel, brass showing through. So replacement later on frames would be bare. That's because the factory branded them as they made the reels. Very few replacement frames for a small run of reels bore the s/n.

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