Pretty good reel for the price. And inside, it's the simplest Shimano reel I've ever seen--piece of cake to take it apart and clean it.
The main gear is cold forged aluminum, but it's digitally made and it's coated with some super hard black nitride substance. Pinion gear is brass, as I recall. The Stella has the same gear material
Seriously--real easy reel to work on--it has 5-6 moving parts inside--certainly much simpler than a Stella--or even a Stradic.
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