Shimano Stella torque rotornut ?

[Drisse]

Hello people !

Just finished a Shimano Stella SW14000XG-B with a broken rotornut. The rotor "wiggled" and I found out that the aluminum rotornut "wiggled" a little under the rotornut cover. You couldn't tighten or unscrew the nut. It just rotated both ways because of damaged threads. Feels quite weak with a soft aluminum nut on a flagship reel ?

Since I couldn't make any factory torque marks I wonder how much people tighten the nut since it's so soft and with tiny fine threads. Just hard by hand and then a slightest touch with a wrench ?

Best regards!

[Swami805]

Maybe a little blue lock-tight to hold it in place?

[ReelClean]

I just nip them up, then check the alignment with the lockscrew or cap and tighten to suit.  Haven't stripped one yet...knock, knock...

[Drisse]

Thanks for the tip 🙂