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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn - Vintage => Topic started by: Beachmaster on April 16, 2020, 08:06:42 PM

Title: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: Beachmaster on April 16, 2020, 08:06:42 PM
I have the plain 114 with black side plates.  Took apart and cleaned a while back. Just getting around to putting back together. Upgraded to the HT-100 drags.  Take a look at these parts...how do they go bac?
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: RowdyW on April 16, 2020, 08:18:35 PM
Grease the fiber washer & place it on the washer with the raised edge. Install it on top of the drag stack felt side down. Next is the spacer, then the thick wavy washer,star wheel, then handle, then thin wavy washer. Tighten handle screw, done.         Rudy
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: alantani on April 16, 2020, 08:21:08 PM
the felt piece fits in collar on the far right.  then those two pieces go on, felt side down, so that the felt is hidden.  it's purpose is to just block moisture..  next is the tube, then the thick wave washer (cupped up).  then the star.  i generally leave the thin wave washer out, but it would go on next if you wanted. then the handle, the handle nut and the set screw and you're done!!!!!
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: Beachmaster on April 16, 2020, 09:31:27 PM
Got it!  Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: Donnyboat on April 16, 2020, 10:47:09 PM
Hi Beachmaster, if your going to fish with it, replace the thin waive washer with a delrin , that makes it easier to turn the star, good luck cheers Don.
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: RowdyW on April 16, 2020, 11:33:43 PM
donnyboat, the thin wave washer goes behind the handle and a delrin washer is useless there. The delrin washer would work better under the thick wave washer.
Title: Re: Senator 6/0 - help me put back together.
Post by: Alto Mare on April 16, 2020, 11:37:14 PM
I will usually replace the felt washer and the small top hat metal washer that comes with it.
On the 9/0 I'll use a top hat from the 114h and it has been working much better.
The 114 you're showing appears to be the same as the 9/0 with the easy access drag system.
A top hat washer from the 114h should work there as well.
This might mean you would need to remote a metal washer on top and the smaller top hat with the felt.
You could usually make it work.
Anything that is sitting above the top lip of the main gear is just a spacer on these reels.
So you could pretty much add r remove washers to get the right performance.

Sal