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07-03-2011, 05:34 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
Posts: 961
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VS Question
I bought my first Van Stall (250) this year and have been lucky enough to find time to put quite a few hours on it. When it was new, i noticed that it was fairly stiff but I have since noticed that the spool and the spool cup that rotates when you crank the handle have loosened up and can be rocked back and forth a little. I noticed it while jigging last night, I could actually feel the bump of the spool rocking to where it stopped against the baring every time I worked the jig.
Is this normal for a VS once they break in? It doesn't seem like it's anything I can tighten up with out opening the case?
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07-03-2011, 07:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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While my VS is older and hence different, I'd wager that sounds very wrong.
-spence
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07-03-2011, 09:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South Central
Posts: 1,280
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
While my VS is older and hence different, I'd wager that sounds very wrong.
-spence
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ditto, after a few years mines still rock solid, mines china made. HAIII!! |
something clever and related to fishing
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07-03-2011, 09:33 AM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port St Lucie Fla.
Posts: 1,062
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I had mine for years I have a 300 it sounds wrong.  |
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07-03-2011, 10:59 AM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
Posts: 3,330
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Call rivers end in CT.
Doesn't sound right to me.
I've had my share of issues with my vs reels
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07-03-2011, 11:30 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Sounds like my 250. The spool wobbles too. There is a plastic sleeve and sometimes it gets worn when you fish hard with them. Some of the wobble is correctable with a new sleeve. Mine is so bad its not fully correctable....
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07-03-2011, 01:16 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Liv2Fish
I bought my first Van Stall (250) this year and have been lucky enough to find time to put quite a few hours on it. When it was new, i noticed that it was fairly stiff but I have since noticed that the spool and the spool cup that rotates when you crank the handle have loosened up and can be rocked back and forth a little. I noticed it while jigging last night, I could actually feel the bump of the spool rocking to where it stopped against the baring every time I worked the jig.
Is this normal for a VS once they break in? It doesn't seem like it's anything I can tighten up with out opening the case?
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You know, I hear &*&% like this all the time. For $700 you should expect excellence. I had a 250 and it literally blew up the 2nd year I had it. VS repaired it for free but I sold it. I have several 704z that are 20, 30, 40 years old and the only thing that ever goes haywire is the dog spring. 1/10th the cost of a VS and a workhorse. Of course, I don't wet suit but I fish 100 days/nights a year, many on the boat but a lot in the surf and I love my Zs. |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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07-03-2011, 01:20 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Sounds like your anti-reverse bearing is starting to go.
They fail more often than Zebco would care to admit. And using them for jigging seems to make them fail faster.  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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07-03-2011, 06:17 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
Posts: 3,605
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Originally Posted by Mike P
Sounds like your anti-reverse bearing is starting to go.
They fail more often than Zebco would care to admit. And using them for jigging seems to make them fail faster. |
That's actually what I was thinking having first hand experience with that situation with a 150. I sent it back and they fixed it for free but I would say I still share PIEMMA's opinion. |
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07-03-2011, 06:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
Posts: 961
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
That's actually what I was thinking having first hand experience with that situation with a 150. I sent it back and they fixed it for free but I would say I still share PIEMMA's opinion.
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I'm starting to feel the same way.
Usually the real problem is how the problem gets handled. I'll hold judgment until I get there I guess as I'm generally happy with the reel. I do beat the snot out of it. |
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07-04-2011, 09:03 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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I agree on the anti-reverse bearing if the handle turns the wrong way.....shaft/spool wobble is definitely the plastic sleeve....
Every VS I have has water in it at the end of a season.... Looking into switching to ZB to replace them,,,,
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07-04-2011, 02:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: N.K.
Posts: 1,330
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I had the bracket that the line roller is on loosen up.Only problem I ever had.
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07-04-2011, 08:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
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I've got a couple of the originals and they're still going strong. A bit of spray to clean and that's it. Gave up on sendin them in after th ist couple yrs as they didn't need it.
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