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Hello Alan,
I hope this email finds you and yours well. I need to replace a spool in one of my 113HLW's that I troll for Albacore with. The clicker 'gear' that is press-fit to the axel of the spool has come loose (never had that happen) and 'floats' on the Axel. Sometimes there is a clicker . . . most times not. Upon inspection the upper surface that would be the flat of the gear-top/axel is slightly galled, the gear slides on and off the Axel with zero effort. I think the gear is getting 'catty-wompus' and is 'missing' the clicker pawl. GOTTA have the clicker when trolling!!
Per Penparts.com, the part number is: 29L-113HLW Spool, Aluminum (Black)
Sold_By: EA
Fits Penn Model Number: 113HLW
PRICE: $42.00
I know you have a great supply of Penn parts Alan, If you have a spool for my 113HLW: I would RATHER give you the business than anyone else! Do you have one of these? Thanks in advance and tight lines Alan, Kevin Gleason
kevin, i've got a spool, but i'd rather have a welder tack it down. got time to swing by next week?
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Hi Alan,
I spoke with Jon this afternoon and he stated he had spoken to you regarding the spool as well. Upon your (obvious . . . but completely missed by me) recommendation of a tack weld (Doh! . . . Thanks!), I surfed up 'welders in Fremont Ca' and found 6 inside of 2 miles. Allrightfinethen . . . I went to 3 of them. None of them wanted to tack weld on the backside (towards the spool) of the clicker gear owing to the geometry of the welding heads and the space allotted. I told them under NO circumstances (unless they wanted to fly-cut/mill it flat after spot-welding) can they weld and leave any goobers to interfere with the mating surface to the left side spool bearing. Obtusely enough . . . EACH one of them recommended DevCon Titanium 5 Steel Epoxy to eliminate the problem permanently. And even more obtusely (to me) they ALL got it at OSH. Three strikes and oddly enough . . . three runs as well. Duh? WTF/O? Ouch . . . Brain-Cramp. Fine. $ 4.71 with tax @ OSH and gone. Cleaned the area up and applied an nice fillet behind and between the gear/axel. Cleaned the overage off with a Q-Tip and Alcohol. The epoxy is for Steel: is +200 to - 60 degree operating range, non flammable, water-proof, something stupid like 25,000PSI per square inch (for a CLICKER gear . . . for God's sake) and so forth. MAX overkill . . . Sounds about right. Tall building is a single bound kinda stuff. I am more than happy to report back to you and Jon regarding how this stuff works in this application. I **WILL** get one more shot at the Alberts this year if I have to tow EP to "X" (Dangit). Boy . . . what a great fix! I hope 3 out of 3 are right Alan! Please forward this to Jon as I completely screwed up on his EM address. He wanted to be kept informed as to how the repair worked in actual service. He is one Hella-Good young man Alan: a VERY nice person and has a wide band-width of knowledge. Thank you both for 'tag-teaming' this reel repair. Thanks as always Alan and tight lines Sir! Kevin