Daiwa EL 500h questions

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Just picked up a 500h, cleaned it, and noticed some grinding noise when spinning. found out the reel is missing the bearing washer. would this cause the noise? tried looking up part on ebay with no luck. could a find a washer at the hardware store that would work?

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