Issues relating to skishing I can understand, I'm quite sure they didn't envision that when building the reel.
What's wrong with the rocks though? My Riptide looks like my Van Staals; missing a lot of anodizing from scraping along the rocks but mechanically perfect....
When you send in your Tibor they will completely clean the reel and replace any worn parts. It's recommend that this should be done every four or five years. I'm willing to pay for that kind of service.
I just got a new Tibor and they sent me a tube of their graphite lube for free along with advice on the lube they use. Great customer service in my opinion. FishHawk
Last time I was in Florida tarpon fishing I stoped in to STH with a friend that had a problem with a reel.
On the shop floor were boxes of reels from Argentina being repackaged, some for Cortland some for Cabelas could have been more?