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Spin Fishing
February 1st, 2011
How do you fix the locking mechanism on a spinning fishing reel?
I went on a fishing trip recently and 2 of my spinning reels stopped locking. I was told to take it apart and clean it, but how do you actually fix it?
Sounds like the anti-reverse failed on you. It could be sticky, old reel grease gumming up, it could be debris build up inside the reel, it could be weakened spring, or it could be worn out parts. Since the reel failed to work properly already, you mind as well take the reel apart and try to fix it yourself. I think most people could fix a fishing reel most of the time. Don't pop everything apart at once. Do it step by step and try to memorize where each part goes. You'll need to remember the orders of the washers as well. Taking notes will really help because you can't always remember everything. Fishing reels aren't that complicated. There's only one correct way to put them back together. If you study the parts a little, you should be able to figure out how anti-reverse mechanism worked. Usually, there's only one spring and one lever biting onto one gear. Once you figured out how everything worked, disassemble and clean all internal parts. If its weakened springs, you could bend (leaf spring) or pull the (coil) spring to squeeze a little more life out of it; you could use the old spring until you found replacement parts. Check you reel's gears for wears and damages while you're at it. Put the reel back together and check for function. If the reel is working properly, take it apart and grease the gears. Apply grease to gears and light oil to other parts. Keep in mind too much grease in the reel might not be good in the long run because debris will stick to grease and excess grease could gum up internal parts. Check for function again after the grease and oil. If you couldn't put the reel back together after several attempts and everything appeared hopeless, you could always bring the reel in for service inside a plastic bag; just make sure you don't loose any parts.
I clean and service all my reels myself. Some reels are very easy and some reels are absolutely painful to put back together. So far, I've not killed any of my reels yet and all reels were put back together without too much problem. I'm able to put most reels back within 15min. There's only 1 reel which took me over two hours and many attempts to put it back together properly for the very fist time.
PS: Try to download the schematics for your reel before you take it apart really helps.
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