Shakespeare 2400 Convertible Make-Over

[Mack10290]

Well when I bought it online, the pic showed the reel with the handle on the right side, which would be left handed, but the handle is supposed to be convertible. Well when I received it the 1st thing I tried to do was change the handle to the left side, but the handle will not thread into the sleeve on the left side. It's like the threads just don't match up with the handle. So since the handle threads into the right side perfectly fine I'm going to assume that the issue is the sleeve on the left side is mis-threaded. The 2 sleeves and main gear are made as 1 part, so that's the part I need.