Penn 70VS - stripped screws

Started by Capt. ahab, July 27, 2025, 06:54:24 PM

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Capt. ahab

It's my reel. Picked up used on eBay from Japan 4 years ago and I had torn it apart back then to grease the drag washers but didn't do much else.  I was fishing two weeks ago and noticed poor freespool so that's why I've opened it up again.  The right side bearing was greasy but fine; i am going to blow it out with an air compressor and lube it with CorrosionX.
I noticed plenty of stuff that's wrong that I didn't notice 4 years ago.  There's no plastic drag cover, and the threading on the spool where it would attach has some bad rust pitting so I'm going to go ahead and replace the spool, get a new cover, and get replacement screws and coupling plate.

UKChris1

Glad you got it sorted - nice to hear.