501 Spool Issue

[doradoben]

See reply #4.

[fishhead69]

Try removing the handle side bushing and place small round pieces of brass to fit inside the hole of that bushing. You would just get a thin sheet of brass and a set of punches and punch out some round pieces of that brass that have the correct diameter to fit into the hole of the removed bushing and then thread the bushing back into the sidplate and tighten it. You might need 1, 2 or 3 of those pieces of brass to move the spool from right to left eliminate the spool rubbing on the inside of the reel on the handle side. I had the same problem with several Penn reels and it usually works.