Shredded gear

[Bill B]

I started pulling my gear out and testing for the 8 day coming up.  First up was a 112H with 30# mono.  Put it in a holder to pull drag.  Set it for 10#, gave a smooth pull, tried to reel in the slack and it locked up solid.  Crap opened it up and what did I find?  A shredded gear.  The main is brass and the pinion is steel.  Wow, I've never seen a gear shred like that.  Bill

[Wompus Cat]

Man dat just don't Happen .............
the bushing sure looks dry in the center ?

[oldmanjoe]

Yer that looks like two teeth were fractured for a while , than came the right time to break off.

[philaroman]

I'd guess a piece of foreign matter 
that's harder than brass & softer than steel
how does the pinion look?

[Shellbelly]

better take a good look at everything that spins on that one.

[Bill B]

Pinion was golden, no damage.  I think the main gear just let go.  Found the two missing teeth floating around in the gear box.  I guess this is a good case for SS gears and pinions.  I was able to pull a new gear from a donor Jigmaster and got it back running.  Now to east the rest of the reels.  Kinda spooked me.  Bill

[Brewcrafter]

Better to have it happen on the bench than on the rail! - john

[Bill B]

Correct on that!  I went and bench tested the rest and no additional failures. 

Better to have it happen on the bench than on the rail! - john

[Gfish]

Good catch Bill! Snapped right-off. Yeah, good lesson too; bench test before going on a trip with it.

[Bill B]

I made multiple drag pulls to try to get all around the gears.  This makes a great argument to have multiple set ups, and maybe a good excuse to buy more gear  Bill