Penn 113h excessive play in spool

[Fastrepairinc]

Good morning i have a penn 113h red sides pre 1989 clicker. It sat unused in a box since 1980. The side plates are the older ones that allow u to change drags from the outside of reel   the grease was rock hard. It took alot to even seperate the side covers   its all cleaned up greased and upgraded drag installed.  I cant stop a side to side movement of spool. Its like the left plate bearing doesnt adjust enough.  I swapped one out from another reel.  It didnt help.  Any ideas

[Shark Hunter]

The easiest fix is to put a shim between the spool and the bearing.
You can make one out of a pop can or a Milk Jug.
If you want to be more precise., You can order shims from Mcmaster Carr.
It has been a while since I worked on a 113H, but that is what I would do.
There are lots of tips on this if you snoop around in the Senator Section.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=18722.0

[Gfish]

What do the "poll" options mean?: 1, or 2.

[RowdyW]

Clean the threads of the left side bearing holder real good. Sometimes it just has to be screwed in a little tighter. The spool should have .0025 to .005" side to side play. If you don't have any side play it will wear on the spool shafts & bearings.       Rudy

[Fastrepairinc]

Thank u   thread are cleaned up. I thought the same thing possibly salt.   Made no difference.  Bearing screwed all the way down.    Im thinking shim is a must.  Theres a full 16th of an inch

[Fastrepairinc]

Thank u guys.  The shim worked