Abused/Neglected Pro-Gear 251 : To tank or not?

[Joel.B]

My friend sent me his box-o-reels from Baja, all have been fished hard and frequently with questionable service histories

His poor little pro-gear, teeth of main gear pretty smooshed, bent and somehow chewed up in few spots.  End of gear-sleeve is pretty much wiped.  Base of sleeve has started eating into bridge- groove/ring scored into bridge under sleeve. The drags ( I dunno what these are made of) several frozen together.

He fishes this thing hard for schoolie YFT and YT, everything else that swims off Pacific side of Baja. I am thinking of tanking this thing with all the stainless goodies......I dunno how long aluminum drag-star and handle will last against hard stainless.......

Stainless Jigmaster bridge needs to be relieved a bit to fit in the plate- brass bridge mostly fits....any  benefit of stainless bridge over brass?  Is the post in stainless bridge more secure? 

What say you guys? 

[john2244]

Hello Joel,

I don't recommend these gears but I have a set of the original 5.0 gears for a 251/255 you can have if you want them.

John

[Bryan Young]

Joel,

Most parts can be replaced with jigmaster parts, and I know you have a bunch of those you could use.  I prefer the 505/506 gear sleeve (fine toothed) on that reel though.

Bryan

[Bryan Young]

Hi Joel,

single dog is just fine.  I'd also stick with the Penn stock brass or plated brass bridge.  I have not seen a SS bridge, so I cannot comment on that one.

If he fishes that hard, you may want to put in a ss gear sleeve.  It would save him in the long run.

[mongoose1997]

Joel, by chance did u fix up the PG251. Lmk I'm looking for another spool for mine if u haven't done anything with ur reel. TIA