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Alan,
I didn't explain myself very well. I bought the handles (knobs) from you. There is nothing wrong with them. I bought the handle arms from Keta (Lee) and I may have ordered the wrong one from him. My question is what size hole should be in the handle arms for the 5/0 knobs. The one from Lee has a hole large enough for your handle knob screw. Is that all it needs to have or is the other arm from Lee the correct one for the 5/0 knob? Tom
Tom, been having this problem alot lately. gotta start standardizing things more. there are two size holes....
the first is 3/16ths inch in diameter and it fits a 10-32 stainless steel screw. lots of manufacturers that screw their handles on will use this size hole. the base of the spindle is cut flat.
the second is a 5/16ths inch hole. it's found on the later model penn senators. it takes a counterbored spindle and is a stronger way to connect a grip to an arm. i have a spindle that is counterbored just for this arm. i use this size hole on some of my own arms, including the two speed and single speed tld's and some of the newells.
the problem is that i have been inconsistent. but so have the reel manufacturers. if you drill out the old handle grip of a reel and save the arm, the hole might be too large for the screw alone, but too small for the counterbore. then you have to drill it out to 5/16ths of an inch. that why i still have both spindles
regarding lee, he can cut either size holes for his arms. you have an arm with a small hole. let me fix it on my end by sending you a handle grip with a spindle that is cut flat. it is the one designed to fit a 3/16ths inch hole. . alan
I can drill and ream them out to either size, send the arm back and I'll send the proper one. I prefer the 5/16" ones for reels from 113H and up.