Looks like the majority of the manual kit for the 6500SS are in this 710 kit. If you have one of these, I'd cut off the little micro bail wire poking out of the roller and ground it down.
What I did was make sure I had a newer style bail wire (not the roller with the conical base that tapered into a thin wire , but the one where the wire is pressed into the head of the roller on an angle. This is the newer style wire.
Cut & file the roller and remove the wire. Reassemble. The 6500 ss counterweight actually made my reel wobble, so I just left the normal locknut on the opp. side of the roller. You can just cut the older wireto about an inch long, but you need to grind the tip round & smooth.
Now the 712 cannot use the latter wire mod because the angle of cone would prevent the line from getting caught up for retrieval. At least on my reel. So I used the 1st recommended method and left the other bail wire arm flappin in the wind. No balance issues here.
Will try and post pics later... too sleeeppy
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