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Screaming Reels!
Oct. 18 2011, 1:40 AM
Oct. 18 2011, 1:40 AM
Screaming Reels!
Question: The problem I have at the moment is driving me crazy! I am having a bit of bother with one of my Penn 525 mags. It's the original one that I have had for a good few years but has been well looked after and serviced by myself. Basically the last 2 trips out it has started screaming intermittantly through the cast! Some casts not at all and other casts it will start halfway through as it starts to drop out of the sky. It's sounded like the ratchet vibrating on or engaging. At first as when I fiddled with the ratchet button mid cast it would stop the screaming. Problem solved I thought ! I sanded the ratchet pawl down to nothing so that it cannot engage but next trip out exactly the same. I am using braid on this reel and I know It does not come off as smooth as mono so this may well be making things worse ? However I used it all last year with no bother at all with the same line so it's not the only cause. Bearings are fine and everything else looks to be Ok so what could it be? It can't be anything bad like a bent spindle or else it would do it all of the time. Could the bearing inners be turning on the spindle maybe? Could it be the nylon bearing retaining clip/ratchet cog catching on something?
Question: The problem I have at the moment is driving me crazy! I am having a bit of bother with one of my Penn 525 mags. It's the original one that I have had for a good few years but has been well looked after and serviced by myself. Basically the last 2 trips out it has started screaming intermittantly through the cast! Some casts not at all and other casts it will start halfway through as it starts to drop out of the sky. It's sounded like the ratchet vibrating on or engaging. At first as when I fiddled with the ratchet button mid cast it would stop the screaming. Problem solved I thought ! I sanded the ratchet pawl down to nothing so that it cannot engage but next trip out exactly the same. I am using braid on this reel and I know It does not come off as smooth as mono so this may well be making things worse ? However I used it all last year with no bother at all with the same line so it's not the only cause. Bearings are fine and everything else looks to be Ok so what could it be? It can't be anything bad like a bent spindle or else it would do it all of the time. Could the bearing inners be turning on the spindle maybe? Could it be the nylon bearing retaining clip/ratchet cog catching on something?
Answer: There are a couple of problems with the grahite 500 series penns. First, bearing corrosion is a common problem shared all reels. Second, common also to all reels is corrosion build up inside the pinion gear, so they always have to cleaned. Third, a pinion gear in contact with the shoulders of the spool shaft is usually the result of the spool being spaced too close to the pinion. i see this most commonly in newells. Fourth, the clicker tongue might be coming in contact with the spool ratchet. And lastly, the problem that i have found unique to the graphite 500 series penn reels is that you can tighten down the side plate screws too much and warp the spool enough that the spool will rub against the frame. Your casting problem is most likely the result of one of these five issues.
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November 9, 2011, 9:27 am
Okay I'm convinced. Let's put it to acotin.