Penn Spinfisher VI 4500 LL question

[steelfish]

do you guys know what the purpose of the sping ratchet gear that comes attached to the main gear and only on the LL (live liner) models?

I have this Spinning reel for service and I think I will adopt what our Boss Alan do, which is to not accept spinning reel for repairs or service anymore 

the reel was smooth but not buttery smooth, the service was not a must but the owner wanted to have it service it since he wasnt gonna use it for at least 6 months, so, I did the clean up and lube and now the reel has a small gearing sound and feel on every turn on the handle     

- I already tried losing the screws a bit ... no avail
- un-installing and re-installing the main gear to try different teeth to contact the oscillation gear ... no avail either.
- no longer have more ideas to try to take that gearing sound away from the reel 

[nelz]

Yikes, bait-runner type reels are the worse to work on. So I would look at main gear shaft shims for your issue. Maybe one got left out or put on the wrong side during reassembly? As for that ratchet gear, perhaps it's a clicker for the live-liner?

Actually, the original Penn Live-Liner wasn't too bad to work on, (never been in one of these latest ones). But I remember a Shimano Bait-Runner... fuggetabout-it! I couldn't even get the line-roller apart! I didn't dare take apart the drive train.