9500ss surprise

[basto]

Hi Guys and Gals
I received a 9500ss in the mail this morning and to my surprise it has a bronze/brass main gear.
I thought the thousand series SS reels all had alloy main gears. Very happy, particularly because the thousand series  have the stainless gear pivot. It`s all good!
Interesting drag on the 9500. I`ll be spooling this one with 30lb mono and taking it to the reef in a couple of months.

CHEERS
Basto

[MFB]

Hi Basto,

Well done, it's good to have some luck occasionally. My 7500SS came with bronze gears, it looked like it had never been apart either. I also put bronze gears from an 850SS into my 8500SS.

Regards

Mark

[Shark Hunter]

I have 7500 and 8500's that came with a Bronze gear. its a Gamble with those Basto. You did good.

[basto]

Is it possible to put bronze gears from a 850ss into  7500ss. I mean pinions also. Will they fit?

[Shark Hunter]

Yes, it works if you have the right pinion to match the main. the 650 to 6500 is a different story.
The pinion on the alloy gears is straight looking. The Brass gear pinion is bulbous. This is a 9500, but its the same deal.

[basto]

Thanks for your reply Daron. Sorry it takes me so long to reply sometimes, but when you guys over there are awake, I`m in bed and vice versa.
Very best
Basto

[ChileRelleno]

Nice Score!

I once went to trade a 704Z for a nice 9500SS, before making the trade I cracked open the SS... What did my eyes behold, Brass!
And thanks to another member here, my other 9500SS has brass too.

Take the time/money to put Adam's titanium Ratchet and double dogs in that.
http://motivefab.com/products-page/reels/spinfisher-titanium-anti-reverse-system

[basto]

Another couple of brass parts I see that differ in material used in these SS reels is the spool cap and the bushing in the spool.
The thousand series use a brass insert in the spool cap and the earlier hundred series use a brass bushing in the spool.
The others are a "plastic"
Basto