Local abu repair

[Maloney]

likwid, I put in smoothies and a new worm gear for the levelwind. when i tried it out, the spool would bind-up someplace inside the left side plate where the mags are. so i have taken it all apart a few times, but that "catch" point or whatever won't go away. i even took out the new worm gear and put back the old one since it appeared the new one wasn't an exact fit (which i doubt since i bought it from the hatteras guys at the msba show; i put something together wrong.).

i went down to my local pond to try it out, and when i took it apart again, there was white plastic shavings inside the left plate: some thing is not meshing correctly with the large white plastic gear inside the plate.

maloney

[BrianS]

I would second Bucko's
Theyve done a nice job with my reels the last few years..

(not a knock on Mike and M+D's, Ive just never had any work done there, but I did buy my last setup there)

[fishaholic18]

They are pretty simple reels, I'll look at it if you want.

[mikecc]

you started to strip the plastic levelwind gear.just pop the old off and pop new on. Just make sure you got all the white plastic shavings out.

[Maloney]

Mike, do you have the parts?

[mikecc]

I got them

[Maloney]

Mike, the white washer looks good. I didn't strip it badly. I wonder if the smoothies change the distances between parts and the brass gear that turns the white gear is now too far away from it. I havn't had a chance to go to someone to fix it.