Reel Repair by Alan Tani

General Maintenance Tips => General Procedures => Topic started by: trentless on February 25, 2012, 07:56:48 PM

Title: I blame you Alan
Post by: trentless on February 25, 2012, 07:56:48 PM
 ;)
It's official, I'm now a reel repair addict!  All of my fishing buddies now bring me their reels to fix. I guess it's time to start charging more than a six pack since my buddy John just showed up with 2) 5 gallon buckets of reels!
So far lots of learning and fun!
Need some help figuring out why the anti reverse no longer works (can wind handle forwards and back) on a Shimano Stradic 5000 FH? 
I'm sure it's some little pin or something I missed on the build back.

Thanks,
Trent
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Dominick on February 25, 2012, 08:54:18 PM
Trent:  Spinning reels are complicated.  I looked at the schematic.  You might take a look at parts 1520, 7877 and 7936 and see if the anti-reverse system is correctly installed.  Dominick
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Fishermans Paradise on February 25, 2012, 11:23:16 PM
could be the clutch is shot too, i have seen that in a few stradic 4000's.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: alantani on February 27, 2012, 07:58:22 PM
i hate spinners.......    ;D
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: D impala95 on February 28, 2012, 04:47:24 AM
Make sure the anti reverse cam is seated correctly in the anti reverse assembly.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Bryan Young on March 01, 2012, 07:32:49 AM
I also hate spinners.  got one Penn 8500SS done, one more to go, then two Stradic 2500s.  I started and had to put that one down.  I am trying to figure out how the rotor comes off without brute force...but it may need brute force.  Will tackle when I have more energy.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Glos on September 26, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
spinners are biatches, hardest to figure out way to make them as smooth as it should be
almost impossible
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Ron Jones on September 26, 2018, 03:52:42 PM
Toby Keith has a song about his buddy Fred, who can take care of anything (Call a Marine.) We have our own Fred. When it comes to spinners, CALL FOAKES!!
Ron
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Midway Tommy on September 26, 2018, 04:34:49 PM
Quote from: glos on September 26, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
spinners are biatches, hardest to figure out way to make them as smooth as it should be
almost impossible

They're really not as difficult as some make them out to be, it's mostly a mind game. If you think you can't make it right or smooth you surely won't. All it takes is some confidence and methodical investigation before jumping in with both feet. If it can be manufactured it can be repaired back to original as long as parts are available or can be made.   
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: exp2000 on September 27, 2018, 01:45:19 AM
Check that the clutch cam switch is in the correct position.

Unless the Roller clutch is damaged, this is the only thing that will affect it's operation.

As for spinners, it all depends on experience I guess.

One year, heaps of Calcutta TE's were coming in so they became easy.
But that dried up a couple of years go and now I have to check the schematics when reassembling.

This year, lots of spinners are coming in. Now my favorite is small Thunnuns Ci4's - I know them back to front.

I can take an abused reel and make it sing :)

Practice makes perfect.
~



Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Glos on September 27, 2018, 06:30:29 AM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on September 26, 2018, 04:34:49 PM
Quote from: glos on September 26, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
spinners are biatches, hardest to figure out way to make them as smooth as it should be
almost impossible

They're really not as difficult as some make them out to be, it's mostly a mind game. If you think you can't make it right or smooth you surely won't. All it takes is some confidence and methodical investigation before jumping in with both feet. If it can be manufactured it can be repaired back to original as long as parts are available or can be made.   
lol, I would say you just have to learn to let it go at some point..
( but also yes, they can be fixed, with a looot of knowledge and messed up ones behind )
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: CapeFish on September 27, 2018, 08:59:09 AM
Quote from: Bryan Young on March 01, 2012, 07:32:49 AM
I also hate spinners.  got one Penn 8500SS done, one more to go, then two Stradic 2500s.  I started and had to put that one down.  I am trying to figure out how the rotor comes off without brute force...but it may need brute force.  Will tackle when I have more energy.

Be careful, if it has a nut holding the rotor like a sustain, it is reverse threaded. I damaged mine using the brute force approach, just breathed deeply and phoned Shimano who luckily had spares. As a kid I wrecked several spinners self servicing, I learnt a lot  :) ;D and today I have zero affinity to any old spinning reels, there is just no warm fuzzy feeling when I see an old Mitchel, Dam, Silstar Ambidex or Daiwa  :) I did a last ditch attempted restore of two old Silstars a while back to see if I am perhaps missing something  and they went into the recycling.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Gfish on September 27, 2018, 09:21:55 AM
Got a Stratic 8000 & 3000, FJ series. Good spinners considering the amount of plastic. Corrosion of the line roller and the clutch cam switch are chronic problems for me.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Porthos on September 27, 2018, 10:41:15 AM
My go-to spinner of 5+ years for San Diego Bay shore fishing is a U.S. Reel 230G. U.S. Reel went belly up a few years ago so the only way to repair its worn line roller and bushing was to buy a parts reel, a warranty return it appeared, that had a shattered pot metal main gear...$20 from the auction site.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: sharkman on September 27, 2018, 02:03:28 PM
Some spinning reels the anti-reverse bearing can be very finicky. Make sure its very clean.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Glos on September 29, 2018, 11:19:37 AM
https://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/736926-dunked-my-bg-3000-slight-%E2%80%9Ctick%E2%80%9D-after-cleaning/?page=3

got it !
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: steelfish on April 28, 2023, 12:44:30 AM
Quote from: trentless on February 25, 2012, 07:56:48 PM;)
It's official, I'm now a reel repair addict!
Trent

well, the addiction wasnt that bad that he could easily dropped it  ::)  ::)

12 posts since 2012 on which he claimed to be a reel repair addict.






yep, I'm bored   ;D  ;D
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Rancanfish on April 28, 2023, 05:03:18 AM
Funny that was what I was thinking. I'm sort of bored.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: happyhooker on April 28, 2023, 07:12:03 PM
For me , just the opposite: spinning reels are generally way easier to work on than other types.  That may be because I started working on them & just got accustomed to how things generally work with them.

Frank
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: alantani on April 28, 2023, 11:48:32 PM
or, he could be so busy that he doesn't have time to post anymore!!! ;D
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Cor on April 29, 2023, 06:06:15 PM
Quote from: alantani on February 27, 2012, 07:58:22 PMi hate spinners.......    ;D
me to and I have never even opened one, besides for a very basic look.
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Gfish on April 29, 2023, 06:09:58 PM
If you're bored, get a used Shimano mid-upper level spinner. Complicated as can be. The only reel that ever beat me was an older Baitrunner(B or D series?).
Title: Re: I blame you Alan
Post by: Shellbelly on April 29, 2023, 09:41:47 PM
I'll take Fred's advice and let a pro deal with a spinner.  Mainly because I don't have parts at hand to finish what I would start.  And they aren't my native species. 

Also, I don't have room to add another class of reels to my hobby....which started when I came across some guy named Alan. He was tinkering with some obscure reel called Sailfisher or something.

Not blaming, just sayin'. ;)