OC 112 spool "dragging"

[oldmanjoe]

Do you have the solid bearing on the crank side    Is it tight  you can remove and punch the middle down   Or replace with the adjustable bearing cap type        Sorry for the short answers but I am doing this from the phone

[elcarlstono]

Now I'm not so sure it's the bearing.  Now I think it's the spool. 
For one, the tabs on the crank side have to slot into the pinion gear clutch, where as best I can tell will always be a flush fit. 
For another, I'm seeing what appear to be stress cracks on my spool that I can't swear were there before.  Maybe my spool got warped is the more likely possibility?

[oc1]

Good call Leonardo.  Nicely done.

[Gfish]

Yup. Never woulda guessed that one.

[bja105]

I  must admit, I mostly thought the 'Mono breaks spools' thing was a myth.
I also run Mono on almost all my old reels, and anything that might be used for casting. Would the sometimes recommended Braid or Dacron backing under the Mono have helped the OP's 112?

[elcarlstono]

I  must admit, I mostly thought the 'Mono breaks spools' thing was a myth.
I also run Mono on almost all my old reels, and anything that might be used for casting. Would the sometimes recommended Braid or Dacron backing under the Mono have helped the OP's 112?

I also just recently broke a plastic spool on an Penn LB65. 
I can't swear the cracks weren't there before, but then it also doesn't really matter at this point.

[thorhammer]

That looks like textbook expansion from mono reeled under pressure. 50 yards of braid or Dacron backing might've helped. The 113H should run 30-40 all day with no issues out of the box, and can easily run 50 if proper attention is paid. The LB with a solid spool can handle 30 all day, and I'd wager the LB65 with 80 or 100 lb mono rankes right up there in the numbers of head boat catches- certainly in NC. 

[elcarlstono]

That looks like textbook expansion from mono reeled under pressure. 50 yards of braid or Dacron backing might've helped. The 113H should run 30-40 all day with no issues out of the box, and can easily run 50 if proper attention is paid. The LB with a solid spool can handle 30 all day, and I'd wager the LB65 with 80 or 100 lb mono rankes right up there in the numbers of head boat catches- certainly in NC. 

Good to know.  I'm picking up some LB60's this weekend that will likely finish out my lineup, then I'll put my OC112 and Penn 85 back on the shelf, after I transfer the new line to the 60's. 

[Gfish]

Stop cranking in those monster fish "L-C-S" with little 'ol antique reels!😜
I bought a Penn 309 with one flange that would spin around. Took awhile to see that there was a through and through crack from the flange to the arbor, and all the way across the arbor to the other side. Weird.

[oldmanjoe]

  I would like to see more pictures of the spool with the line off .   I have seen mono jacking spools before .   This spool look defective as it has spalling in the spool sides .   Strange that the cracks are down low at the arbor were it is the strongest .     I dought that you ran that much line off the spool and started putting line back on that tight to pop  the spool . I think the cracks were there for a while .

[elcarlstono]

I would like to see more pictures of the spool with the line off .   I have seen mono jacking spools before .   This spool look defective as it has spalling in the spool sides .   Strange that the cracks are down low at the arbor were it is the strongest .     I dought that you ran that much line off the spool and started putting line back on that tight to pop  the spool . I think the cracks were there for a while .

Possibly! That's some sound logic. I probably only let out 100' of line. I also noticed the non handle side bearing was not seated fully. I set it flight and it os better, but still has some wobble and scraping.

[oldmanjoe]

When I blow up the above picture , I see at the 4 o`clock position ,the spool rimming "brass showing .
   Kinder strange , I would have expected more rimming at the 2 and 8 o`clock position , were as the spool would try to fold on the cracks .