Squidder clicker removal

[enfish]

This might be a dumb question, but is there any way to get the clicker tongue and button separated on a Squidder without destroying one or the other of the pieces? The reason I'm doing this is I'm setting up a personalized rig for my 11 year old daughter. I'm having a rod wrapped in purple and blue and wanted to paint the reel to match. That's an easier thing to do if I can get the clicker button off the side plate. Thanks for the help.

[Bryan Young]

You would need to drill it out and install a new one with a new clicker button.  That would be my guess.

Some of the new ones comes with a c-clip while others have to be peened in.

[enfish]

That's what I was afraid of. This one is peened together. Cheaper to manufacture... more expensive to service...

[Jerseymic]

You could use art masking fluid on the parts you don't want to get paint on.

When the job is done, you just peel it off, a lot easier than using masking tape.

It is worth trying it out on a piece of scrap, to make sure it is okay with whatever paint you are using.

[foakes]

Hi Eric --

On a replacement clicker, you can either go with another knob you will need to peen (easy to do -- soft metal) --

Or get the one that uses a C clip.

If you wear out a clicker quickly (5 years), go with the C clip.

If it takes 10 or 20 years of steady fishing to wear yours out -- just go with the Peen job.

I keep mine lubed with Yamaha Marine grease -- in the slot, top and bottom, where the clicker impacts the click ring, the copper ring, and the tip.  Also put a bit of grease on the spool clicker wheel on the spool shaft.  It may not be as loud -- but will last possibly longer than the rest of the reel -- and work just fine.

Best,

Fred