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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Newell Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: GORDASKIPPER on August 13, 2019, 01:49:26 PM

Title: RED Newell 344-5 need parts?
Post by: GORDASKIPPER on August 13, 2019, 01:49:26 PM
My wife's prize possession is damaged...Handle was partially SEIZED I guess, does brass aluminum galvanic corrosion exist? Finally handle came off without damage however my luck stopped there. Drag Star 3-15G had completely welded itself to the bridge sleeve 3-317SB-1 . So my note in box from 2011 said I had cleaned and serviced reel HA? I was not tuned in to reading all the pitfalls of improper reel care. Or I may have used reel and only sprayed it with water been in box 8 years. I have spent countless hours reading here and learning my lesson's the hard way. Needing parts Drag Star definitely, and 3-303G Stainless Steel Jack handle, can get bridge sleeve used on eBay.

Is there a sticky pertaining to long term storage or just proper cleaning with Marine grease and the like?
Title: Re: RED Newell 344-5 need parts?
Post by: Swami805 on August 14, 2019, 01:22:07 AM
So it's an R344-5? I think those came with silver anodized stars? That will be a tough one to find.  You could take the anodizing off a black one, not perfect it's something
Title: Re: RED Newell 344-5 need parts?
Post by: bluefish69 on August 14, 2019, 02:54:57 AM
Go to Adam & buy a Titanium Star. It will look the same. I put 1 on a friends R 533 & he loves it, you can't bend it either when you drop it

Mike
Title: Re: RED Newell 344-5 need parts?
Post by: GORDASKIPPER on August 18, 2019, 03:36:17 PM
needing some more information on Adam ?
Title: Re: RED Newell 344-5 need parts?
Post by: Swami805 on August 18, 2019, 06:53:55 PM
Motive fabrication in the for sale section on here, he's made them out of stainless and titanium I believe. Very nice work.