Click Tongue Disaster on Ugly Reel #3

[sandbar]

Ugly Reel Lot #3
Ocean City 101 Take-A-Part Reel.
I like small shiny plate behind the handle. It looks almost like a OC Dover Club reel.
Looking for tips, tricks, advice, options, or any random comments on this mess.
Has anyone out there ever successfully navigated an issue like this.
Thanks!
-Steve

[Donnyboat]

If you can use some penetrating oil, or acetone & auto trans mission oil mix it 50/50, but try not to get it on the out side of the tail plate, I use a syringe to place it only were you require it, good luck cheers Don.

[foakes]

For me, the best thing to do would be to adapt a Penn replacement clicker kit into this reel.

The kit comes with the clicker, the clicker button, and instead of being "peened", there is a "C" clip.

Get the old clicker off by using a dremel carefully, or by filing the peened portion flush —- then using a pair of vise-grips, work it off the post.

Then, when the clicker is removed, it is easy to carefully bend the copper clicker ring back into position.

Then install the new assembly with the "C" clip.

Worth a shot..

Best, Fred

[Midway Tommy]

Looks like you've done a pretty farm good job so far of cleaning it up. Can you not keep tinkering with it to get it moving?

[sandbar]

Hi Tommy
That's my current plan. Keep on tinkering 'till I get it operational.
Sometimes I lose patience on delicate jobs like this and end up with broken stuff.
It's a little straighter now but still will not move freely.
I need a better rust dissolver to free up the pressure from the rust expansion against the side plate.
-Steve

[sandbar]

For me, the best thing to do would be to adapt a Penn replacement clicker kit into this reel.

The kit comes with the clicker, the clicker button, and instead of being "peened", there is a "C" clip.

Get the old clicker off by using a dremel carefully, or by filing the peened portion flush —- then using a pair of vise-grips, work it off the post.

Then, when the clicker is removed, it is easy to carefully bend the copper clicker ring back into position.

Then install the new assembly with the "C" clip.

Worth a shot..

Best, Fred

Good morning Fred.
I thought about looking up the part number for that repair kit as a backup plan.
I would really like to utilize the OC original sliding button. Do you think that is possible to adapt it to the new click tongue and c- clip somehow?
Thanks!
-Steve

[foakes]

Yes, that would be possible, Steve —-

Although you do have it pretty well impressively completed right now.

Might just squeeze a little SuperLube grease under the tongue, work it back and forth for a few laps —- and call it "done".

It looks good compared to where you started from.

Best Always, Fred

[OhReely]

I was thinking Naval Jelly might work and not damage the bakelite but when I did some research I found that it contains phosphoric acid which can dull the surface of bakelite. Then I remembered in my dirt biking days we cleaned crud from fork seals by pushing strips of 35mm film between the seal and fork tube. Maybe you could try a similar technique using film or a suitable substitute to carry an emulsifier, even if its only water, between the film and the paddle. Drag the film in one direction not in and out. I would think isopropyl alcohol, ammonia, dawn, liquid chrome or silver polish would be safe to use. I wouuldn't worry about how the paddle looks just how well it works when done. You're doing great so far.

[Midway Tommy]

Have you tried a drop or two of vinegar to loosen up the rust friction?

[sandbar]

Have you tried a drop or two of vinegar to loosen up the rust friction?

Tommy
Did not think of that.
I will give it a try.
I hit it with some TSI-321 to break the surface tension. It slides a little now but I can feel the grittiness of the rust. Any specific type of vinegar?
Thanks!
-Steve

[Midway Tommy]

Have you tried a drop or two of vinegar to loosen up the rust friction?

Tommy
Did not think of that.
I will give it a try.
I hit it with some TSI-321 to break the surface tension. It slides a little now but I can feel the grittiness of the rust. Any specific type of vinegar?
Thanks!
-Steve

I'd stay with 5% to be safe. Maybe even thin it with a little water on the first try or two. Straight should be OK, too, if you don't let it sit on it for too long.

[Donnyboat]

If you placed some vinegar into a syringe, and just place a drop or two under the button, with out getting it on the tail plate to much, it look much better than when you first started, good luck cheers Don.

[sandbar]

If you placed some vinegar into a syringe, and just place a drop or two under the button, with out getting it on the tail plate to much, it look much better than when you first started, good luck cheers Don.

Thanks Donny.
We actually have some old glass syringes and needles around here somewhere.
-Steve

[Maxed Out]

I've had good luck using this to free up frozen rusted needlenose pliers, and also combat rust and corrosion in general. You can find it on Amazon

[jgp12000]

I like Kroil you can see the rust drip away.

Also Lucas synthetic  reel oil works good on loosening things.