stainless Steel Gear sleeve and Carbonex drag washers for 113H

[broadway]

Tidetime,
    Usable drag 17 lbs (without the stainless gear sleeve) maybe 22 lbs (with the stainless gear sleeve)... with my limited experience.  If this is the 114h with posts only I would say about 3 or so lbs less than previous stated numbers.  If you have the more modern version with the half frame I'd say the numbers above are more accurate.  Now if you put a Tiburon frame on (like I have done to all of my 114h's) you can increase those numbers a bit.  I usually don't go over 15 lbs. unless I'm testing gear out... I have gotten  28 lbs. in lockdown before, but I quit while I was ahead  
Dom

[Dominick]

Dom:  I have a 114HLW loaded with 80 lb mono.  It has a full aluminum frame.  I have caught several striped Marlin with that reel.  It functions perfectly for fishing in Baja.  That's because Marlin have a tendency to sun themselves on the surface.  The 114 is usually set up with a hooked Cabalito or Mullet which is live and swimming in the bait tank.  When a Marlin is spotted the 114 will allow for a cast of the live fish to the Marlin.  I have the spool bearings open and lubricated with Corrision-x in order to be able to cast with it.  I have used it with 25lbs of drag.  Am I courting disaster with that heavy a  drag?  If that is too heavy a drag, what would you do?  Dom

[redsetta]

Hi all,
I've just finished rebuilding my 113H (red) and I have a small, but perplexing issue to resolve.
I had play in the spool as it could move to the left (maybe 1/8th of an inch or less), even with the left-side bearing wound fully down.
(Given the thread wear, it appears to have spent much of its life fully locked down.)
I dismantled both bearings and reassembled, with a couple of tiny brass washers under the left-side bearing.
This seems to have worked but, if I tip the reel to the right, I get a light rattle as it free-spools.
The problem disappears when I push the right-side bearing housing in a fraction.
My next step is to place a small brass washer under the right-side bearing, too, but I'd prefer a better solution if there is one.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Justin

[Alto Mare]

Maybe, but you might have to shim the right side spool bearing. Do a little test, back up the two upper bridge screws about a quarter turn, the ones closer to the rings,  don't use a powered screwdriver. See if that does anything. If that helps, you need to shave the screws a tiny bit, you could stroke them on a flat file. It could be something else entirely. You might need to replace the bearings. Good luck!

[redsetta]

Cheers - will give it a go...

[Alto Mare]

Sometimes  filing down the tip of the jack right above the notch that  slides in the eccentric also helps, but lets do one thing at a time.