My setups that worked and the one that failed.

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joel8080

My reel failure from the SOA trip, did not happen on the trip but at home, My TRQ 12 which I love and brought in 1 of my YT's on the trip was ready to get it's shower and I heard clunk looked down and both the Eccentric lever and Screw fell off the reel, saved them and I could not belive how short the screw was the threads was just a few turns on the screw also I checked and nothing broke off inside the reel.

I have some time till the next SOA trip to solve the problem. And my TRQ 200 worked perfectly and brought in over 20 YT and never skipped a beat.

Joel 8080
Oceanside,California

Porthos

Quote from: joel8080 on June 21, 2015, 09:04:23 PM
My reel failure from the SOA trip, did not happen on the trip but at home, My TRQ 12 which I love and brought in 1 of my YT's on the trip was ready to get it's shower and I heard clunk looked down and both the Eccentric lever and Screw fell off the reel, saved them and I could not belive how short the screw was the threads was just a few turns on the screw also I checked and nothing broke off inside the reel.

I have some time till the next SOA trip to solve the problem. And my TRQ 200 worked perfectly and brought in over 20 YT and never skipped a beat.

Joel 8080

There's Marshall's Hardware by Miramar that's worth a try for a slightly longer screw.
http://www.marshallshardware.com/

Alto Mare

Quote from: joel8080 on June 21, 2015, 09:04:23 PM
My reel failure from the SOA trip, did not happen on the trip but at home, My TRQ 12 which I love and brought in 1 of my YT's on the trip was ready to get it's shower and I heard clunk looked down and both the Eccentric lever and Screw fell off the reel, saved them and I could not belive how short the screw was the threads was just a few turns on the screw also I checked and nothing broke off inside the reel.

I have some time till the next SOA trip to solve the problem. And my TRQ 200 worked perfectly and brought in over 20 YT and never skipped a beat.

Joel 8080
Joel, you did good out there, you still got it! ;)
Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.

joel8080

Sal

I figure when I loose it some one will be kind enough to put me in a wheel chair and park me in front of a Girls College.

Joel8080
Oceanside,California

theswimmer

There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him.

Errol Flynn

Porthos

FOLLOW UP ON THE FIN-NOR HANDLE:

I emailed Fin-Nor on Saturday 6/20 and got a response for my address on Monday 6/23. Today, 6/24, got this:

Hello Waiman,

We are sending you three handles.  One of them is made for the Finnor LT100.  The other 2 are Quantum handles that we would like you to try.   You will receive 2 separate orders.  Please let us know how the Quantum handles work verses the Finnor handle.

Thank you for contacting us,

Fin-Nor Service
6105 E. Apache
Tulsa, OK 74115
800-588-9030


Will post another follow-up once I get the handles.

Rancanfish

That's a cool response from Fin-nor.

But how will you know how they work until you get to Yellowtailing it again?
I woke today and suddenly nothing happened.

Dominick

Quote from: Rancanfish on June 23, 2015, 03:48:44 PM
That's a cool response from Fin-nor.

But how will you know how they work until you get to Yellowtailing it again?
Randy, Porthos can always do the bricks in the little red wagon or a kid on a bicycle thing.  That is great service from Fin-Nor.  It sounds like they want some follow up with the different handles.  A test ala Sal or Gary with pictures would be both enlightening and entertaining.  Go for it Porthos.  Dominick
Leave the gun.  Take the cannolis.

There are two things I don't like about fishing.  Getting up early in the morning and boats.  The rest of it is fun.

Hamachi

The rail is your friend, no zing pow, on the iron wenches, I like broccoli!

Hamachi

What worked. 338 Newell w/Tiburon p-20 frame, side plates and rings altered to accept frame. What I did was a little different than the tutorials. I lined up the outer bolts first, that way the smallest adjustment the side plates was necessary. Matched up to a seeker black steel 8' rod and forty big game was one of my go to setups for bait. Next up a 440 progear w/five stack penn 113 h thin with 40 also on a bt6480 cal star. Next was a torium 14 w/40 braid and a 6ft. Seagaur top shot. Just keep retying until there is no top shot left. 5 up 5 down modified Albright was used to attach the fluro to braid. On a teramar 80m. 440 Newell on an 8' Californian for iron w/40 big game.
  I lost three in a row just before deep color on a lexa 400 w/50 braid on a psw 809hxf so back in the rack it went. Just unlucky, I guess. Other reels that went were a 220 Newell and a tibbed out tld 30 for an almost bulletproof lineup. Besides pulling a few hooks with the lexa and getting "sealed" several times I landed just about everything hooked. Between me and Ken, must've landed 60 or so. (He got about 50 I think).lol! Oh, I mostly used extra large ringed owner "j" hooks, 6/0 I believe, until I switched to 6/0 mustads, it really didn't seem to matter.
The rail is your friend, no zing pow, on the iron wenches, I like broccoli!

1Forecon

Wow- nice bunch of YT, good eats on the grill! I was so gonna buy a Fin-Nor 1000 to jig with when I got to FL last week, but no one had any in stock locally. Hate to say it, but I'm glad it was you and not me. I wouldn't have had a "spare" handle around like you did. I hope you get a better replacement part. That sucked!

I love your revived/upgraded 30h did good. Keep fishing the classics. Looks like you had a great trip otherwise.

Porthos

#26
The replacement handles for the LT100 arrived. Here they are:


The one on the right is the direct replacement, and it has a flatten-sides knob versus the original egg one.

The left one is the Quantum handle that Fin Nor Service want me the try out. It has a one-piece, machined arm also with a flatten-sides knob.


When lining up the handles, original and replacements, there are visible variations in the thread pitch:

From left to right, 1st LT100 (purchased May 2014) handle, 2nd LT100 (purchased Feb 2015), replacement LT100 handle, and replacement Quantum handle.

In fitting the replacements, here are the results:

LT100 replacement handle

  • COULD NOT thread in all the way on the May 2014 LT100 on neither side of the reel
  • Treaded on to the Feb 2015 LT100 on both sides

Quantum replacement handle

  • COULD NOT thread in all the way on the May 2014 LT100 on neither side of the reel
  • Treaded on to the Feb 2015 LT100 only on the left side

A rather interesting outcome to say the least, pointing to notable variations between different LT100 production runs.

For now, I'm going to go with the Quantum handle as the replacement for the broken one on the Feb 2015 LT100 since the one-piece arm has less parts to subject to Murphy's law. I will, however, have the other handles along and nearby for "just-in-case."



johndtuttle

Talk to Fin Nor and get a replacement main gear as well. They obviously have increased the handle shaft size (made it beefier) and you want this upgrade imo. If they have gone this far they will likely send out the new gear as well.


Porthos

Thanks John for the confirmation of my suspicions that Fin Nor had done some internal retooling corresponding to the handle differences. The results were sent to them as well, so we'll see what their response is.

1Forecon

Looks like I'll be waiting to hear what you hear from them too. I think I'll be holding off on that FN1000 spinning reel purchase until you get some answers. I personally would have lost my cookies(read: I am not a very patient person by nature :'( ) already with that business your dealing with.

Good luck, staying tuned.