Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Nice job, it looks great! I too like to narrow the smaller Penns though I realize the Penn 100 came narrowed out of the box. Makes a great 1/2 or 3/4 day Sport fishing trip reel. Put some braid and a short top shot of mono and your golden!  

Keith always in our hearts and minds. Great man, always willing to help out a fellow human. He will always be a great inspiration to all the Ohana!

Hi Steve,
This tutorial may be of assistance.

• https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,2567.msg15069.html#msg15069

The twitch gear actuates through the main gear and also turns the handle.
The spool shouldn't spin freely (other than in retrieve) unless the thumb bar is depressed, ie in freespool.
If the spool is locked up, it may instead be related to the pinion gear not disengaging fully from the spool shaft pins or the pinion bearing being corroded/locked up, which wouldn't be unusual.
Let us know how you get on.
Good luck, Justin

The MIX 200 reel come with only 1 bearing and 2 bushings on handle,it can easy replace with 2 bearings size 7x13x4

Yes Ted, thats what you call a nice handi reel, looks great, cheers Don.

The 'plastic' spools are (were?) made from the same bakelite as the side plates.
They don't have to be old to spread.
I popped a couple ~50 years ago. Pro tip: rockfishing with mono not recommended.
iirc, they were a pita to get out of the frame after they bust.
Put it in a drawer and use an aluminum spool. The aluminum ones cast just fine.

A good man who went thru a lot but didn't let it bring him down. Rest in peace

That's a nice looking reel.
I'm a big fan of that size Penn reel for pier fishing  Newell kit and a bigger handle.  100,27,160,180 and a couple others I narrowed

Very nice. One I built in a similar configuration with the steel main and sleeve and a 5 stack dragged in a black tip in under a minute.

it was a huge loss.