trying to resurrect a Gold Trinidad 14

Started by steelfish, August 23, 2024, 01:36:16 AM

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steelfish

as tittle say, I have a ugly ducking and beaten 1st gen trinidad 14 reel with some bad and missing part, the rest of the reel is in good shape so, I think it worth the time and $$ to try to get it on good "fishing shape" again, I might using it now that my Daiwa Saltist 20H is gone since few years (I miss it  :P ) both have very similar line capacity.

I already gave her a good bath and cleaned all the old grease and put new one, I had hard time trying to take the bearing from the spool, I was able to take the pin out from the shaft but I never found a way to take the centrifugal brakes out from the spool so I couldnt apply any force to take it out, I took the shield of the bearing out and cleaned the bearing, now it spins 3x better but I would like to put a new one if I get the rest of the parts for the reel.
it's missing the part TGT0489 ROLLER CLUTCH INNER TUBE and the TGT0366 ECCENTRIC CAM BUSHING is pretty worn with a lot of play on the free-spool lever.
the part TGT0357 Star drag have the thread gone, so it needs a new Star drag, the same part fits the trini 12 and 14.

I found where to get the inner tube and eccentrick cam bushing, but would like to check if someone have a star drag for this reel, the Drive shaft looks kinda beaten up too but those are unobtanium and the thread still looks on a working condition

PS: its missing a handle assembly too but I think I have something that might fit
The Baja Guy

sciaenops

Looks like a challenge. I love my TN14 my go to 20# reel.