Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Ouch! I've done that before on old fiberglass rods that were stripped incorrectly by myself but the size of that monster. If it was going to a personal rod I would take my chances and wrap it but I'm sure others will have differing opinions. Like I said above, I've gouged some serious chunks of fiberglass out of a rod and still have and fish them. I think a lot of people are overly cautious, probably with good reasons but I fish some rods guys would never think of using. Maybe I just don't catch big enough fish 

OK another test using 90 pound hercules braid .  Loose knot to start , sprayed more Penetrate oil to make the arbor slick and the line .  Cranked it to 50 pounds and no slip.  A little hard to hold camera and crank at the same time ...

You said cheap, My guess is un sanded blank .   That splinter may be from the edge of the cut flag when it was rolled .

First off OUCH!!!  If you were rubbing with alcohol hopefully it's just something stuck in the finish that loosened up. Magnifer is a good call to see if you can find a flaw. Before wrapping it bend it and see if it brakes

I need part # 1092602 gear ,check several place they don't have it .this is a brass gear with another plastic gear push in on other side .Is there any gear similar to this.I don't mind if it go faster or slower

May be Joe have a better way to tight line to spool or may be the braid we use today is less slip than the original Spider wire . Just look at the Spider wire,it's really slippery

Carbon fiber splinters suck.  Hopefully you got all of it, cause it ain't gonna break down like a wood splinter.

-J

It's not mostly a lever thing. 

The arbor knot works by getting tighter as you pull on it.  Once you have enough line on the spool, any pulling that you are doing is not going to change the tension on the arbor knot.

Quote from: Gfish on Today at 04:46:56 PMSo, when the line slips on the the spool, it's a matter of the knot loosening up over time?

Ooh, somebody read the post before replying.  Bonus points!

Yes, that is half of the problem.

Alan keeps pointing out a loose pack on the spool for a reason.

If you pack the line loosely:

1. The loose wraps from loading under light tension is going to allow the arbor knot to release a little.  Or maybe the plastic under tension creeps (elongates via deformation over time),or a bit of both.

2.  With loose wraps, the coils are going to dig in and jam up when you start pulling hard now you have more of a plastic puck that wants spin than a spool of line that wants to unwind. The arbor knot betterbeb tight enough to hold on its current tension. It is not going to get any tighter...

It is useful to check if your arbor knot is holding, but if you want to see if you have avoided the line slipping on the spool problem, you need to fill the spool.

I could get into the coefficient of friction for UHMWPE on polished anodized aluminum multiplied by the clamping load from the arbor knot and so on and so forth, but nobody will be reading this deep into a post anyway...

-J

I have seen it happen mote than a few times.

My attachment method is a bit time consuming but they never slip.  I put 20' or so of Daceon on the spool, with a double clove hitch locked with a half hitch, then I tie or splice in my Spectra.

So, when the line slips on the the spool, it's a matter of the knot loosening up over time?