Redington AL 11/12 service

[retiredandfishing]

Got a Redington AL 11/12 in the shop for a weak drag problem.  I can find no schematic on it.  Wondering if anyone knows where a schematic might be brought up.  This company and the particular design of the reel has been through litigation between the designer and a group who bought the company an so was for a while not produced.  Not sure if it is in production now or not, but can find nothing on it. 

Would like to see the schematic before I open it up.  Any help you can be would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Steve

[jurelometer]

I read that the AL was discontinued when Orvis took over Redington  around 2000, and resurrected as the AS when Jim Murphy bought Redington back. You might find something on the AS reels. 

I only had an AL for a couple weeks until a tarpon pulled the foot off.  Jim Murphy personally replied and sent me a couple top end DFR fly rods.  I liked their rods, but loved their customer service.  The reel models seemed to change weekly.

I think that the AL/AS reels came with some sort of spanner wrench for getting inside the guts . It was needed to flip over the one way bearing to reverse the retrieve.  I also seem to remember that there was only a partial schematic, enough to reverse the retrieve, but I could be wrong.

If you call Redington, they might be able to help.  They are now owned by whoever owns Sage, and still have a USA presence. BTW, these reels have a lifetime warranty except for the Orvis period.

But if you can figure out how to get inside, it shouldn't be too tricky without a schematic. Please post some photos if you dive in.

-J