Could these parts be original?

Started by scharebear, August 19, 2018, 12:58:04 AM

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scharebear

I just tore down an old 9/0 that I believe is original model? Has chrome spool, old style side plates with old style bearings in them. It had old style 3 stack drag too. What has me puzzled is main gear is stainless and I think gear shaft may be too, it's not brass but not as shiny as most other stainless parts, kind of a yellow tint. Could these be original parts? The reel is in pretty good shape but that drag stack was melded together. I have a hard time imagining someone would upgrade gear and gear shaft and leave that drag stack in there. Thanks

RowdyW

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The main gear is not stainless but heat treated steel. The pinion is ss though. Thats an original set up. I would say the gear sleeve is brass and original too.       Rudy

scharebear

Thanks. I was expecting brass everywhere except pinion like my 4/0's.

UKChris

Just a quick note to say that I have some larger Senator reels and they have a mixture of 'brass' (I think it is actually bronze) main gears and 'moly coated steel' (as described in the Penn catalogues of the era) main gears which look a dull steel colour. All have bright shiny stainless pinion gears. I assume Penn changed over the years but indeed original main gears were not stainless, only the pinion.

The 9/0 is a lovely reel in any configuration or age.

Tiddlerbasher

Quote from: UKChris on August 22, 2018, 02:24:18 PM
Just a quick note to say that I have some larger Senator reels and they have a mixture of 'brass' (I think it is actually bronze) main gears and 'moly coated steel' (as described in the Penn catalogues of the era) main gears which look a dull steel colour. All have bright shiny stainless pinion gears. I assume Penn changed over the years but indeed original main gears were not stainless, only the pinion.

The 9/0 is a lovely reel in any configuration or age.
Totally agree Chris.
Did you catch this thread when I scored a really nice 9/0:
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=15800.990

You've probably seen the program I was talking about.
Chris.

UKChris

Hi Tiddlerbasher,

Yes, great story! Great find.

I had a similar couple of 'nice ones' - a 9/0 I bought on eBay in the UK that turned out to be 'as new' complete with box - all the brown 'rust' in the photos was actually dried grease. And a great guy who called me up and asked if I also wanted the 'bent black bit' to go with a Penn Int. 130 I'd bought off of him. I said yes and he popped it in the post for nothing - a nice bent Aftco Unibutt No. 6. I did thank him profusely but he said it was no use to him as he'd sold the reel (to me).  :)

But also a couple of bummers over the years >:(