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03-27-2011, 08:50 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 384
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Saltist 4500H Maintenance
What tool is needed to open this reel up? Five screw heads on the left side; they look like hex heads but they are cut very shallow...or are they torx heads? I stand at risk at stripping these darned things, and I need to get inside this reel. It's stiff as a board after I hung it up after last season, followed by a winter of neglect.
Advice appreciated.
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03-27-2011, 08:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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pretty sure they are torx head Alan. I had one but sold it but that is what I seem to remember. Glad I'm not the only one that hasn't cleaned his stuff since last year.
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03-27-2011, 09:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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I can double check mine tomorrow, but if I remember correctly, a standard Allen wrench fits. But, they are metric (2.5mm again, if I remember correctly). The pain in the azz is the fact that Daiwa used thread locker on the screws. You need to be sure the wrench is completely in the screw head. Lightly tap it in.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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03-28-2011, 06:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Cleaned my gear yesterday,toggin setup was really snotty.
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03-28-2011, 07:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Just to follow up on this, my Saltist 4500H requires a regular hex Allen wrench, 2.5mm to remove the side cover. Not torx.
Make sure the wrench is seated fully and break them free slowly so as not to strip the heads.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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03-28-2011, 07:31 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT
It's stiff as a board after I hung it up after last season, followed by a winter of neglect.
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You talking about yourself or the reel? |
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03-28-2011, 09:32 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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shows how crappy my memory is.
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03-31-2011, 08:37 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 384
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Jim at Eastman's turned down the Diawa for repari because he couldn't open it. I'll go back to the Hdwe Store again and see if I can hammer in a 2.5 mm metric Allen wrench. It seemed too big, and the 2.0 too small.
I soaked the reel body in a pool of WD 40, and it loosened up enough--maybe even back to WNL. I don't like this situation. The reel was a gift; I want to know what's goin' on inside so I don't find myself sitting on some beach with a dead reel and watching Numbskull catching all my fish I engineered.
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04-01-2011, 03:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hard aground
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I recently did my 4500. I had no problems opening the side and have the tool. Its a round head allen wrench...pm on the way
Last edited by PNG; 04-01-2011 at 03:52 PM..
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04-04-2011, 06:07 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 384
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You PM appreciated. Let me know how I can borrow-- whatever tool that is that opens up that side plate. Thanks, SK.
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