I screwed up..I didn't take a photo of this when I tore down this super mariner. I can't get these blasted springs to the right way so the handles for them align properly. Any suggestions or help is appreciated!20220904_122323.jpg
EASY PEASY
When installing the Levers I turn them over so I can move the eccentric
to straight up and down then hold the eccentric in place with my thumb and turn the Lever around to the correct position ,This way you wont bugger up any thing using Pliers or pry bar trying to line the eccentric up .
For installing the Eccentric with spring . Just place the spring in the Eccentric then put other end of the Spring in the detent and just push the eccentric in to place and push it in to the hole there will be some resistance but a little pressure will get it done .
Do these springs look right? The drag spring appears to be longer and I'm really struggling with it
Look at this an see if it will help .
The longer Spring should have a Slight bend to the left just above the Arrow tip .
Are these SAME the springs you removed ?
You motivated me to clean a reel. One eccentric spring, on right, is a little different...shorter on the tail end. The catalogs give a footnote about these springs indicating that they are different.
Here is how mine came out of the plate.
Here is a pic with the Eccentrics engaged to show maybe a little better positioning for you . Red Arrow indicates longer spring position and the slight bend I mentioned earlier so if you put yours together as in this photo you will be good to go .Post back when you get er done ..,,,,
Ugh. I got it back together. The anti reverse isn't working at all. Doesn't matter it's gonna be a shelf queen from here on out
This is Totally un acceptable .
Tear it Back Down and Make it Work !
If it was working before it will work again . Don't be a QUITTER!
I won't answer any more of your posts if you don't ...... >:D
We don't give up here .
Plus you will not sleep well until you do . TRUST ME .......
It will wake you up in the middle of the night and haunt you until you make it work .
Also you have done Reel Good so far . Just take a breath and come back to it when you feel like messing with it . But it is SOOOOOOOO Simple to make that A.R.
You got the hard part done . Anti reverse is a piece of cake !!!!
Never worked on onea these. But you might be able to get it right by reversing the non-working lever, so lil' knob sticks out from the side-plate when installed{leave the screw out}then move the eccentric/spring unit to a neutral position, hold it there with lot's a pressure, then take the lever, reverse it to it's proper position, then screw that sucker down! Prolly don't make sense without pictures. Lemme know, and maybe I can take a couple.
This is How Simple it is .
Thanks to KETA for this picture I found and edited from 2013 :d
Thanks everyone. I did tear the drive plate down and redo it today. I was already flustered and should have stopped. Anyway, it works as designed again. Thanks for all the help.
I also tore down a 149 yesterday. Single lever reels are less complicated. It's amazing how many old dusty Penns I find here in Florida. My job takes me to many homes, and I always comment when I see them..most people are glad to give them away. Here's the 149 and an Ocean City I got from garage picking20220905_113858.jpg20220820_150204.jpg
Sometimes I'll walk away from the rebuild phase, do something else (ratchet jaw with you guys) for a while and come back to it. I usually find a spot that I didn't clean or some other oversight.
Your shelf queens need to work. You don't want them sounding like a rock crusher when you're showing them off. ;D
Quote from: Shellbelly on September 06, 2022, 12:15:32 AMYour shelf queens need to work. You don't want them sounding like a rock crusher when you're showing them off. ;D
Rightly so. Bill
Don't give up hope and don't feel embarrassed about this fixable issue. This is a reel repair forum, and every single one of us is here because somewhere along the way we had an issue with a reel and thru Google searches found this forum and by golly the reel came back to life with a few words of wisdom from others that have been down that same road.
Stay thirsty my friend
Quote from: Maxed Out on September 06, 2022, 03:04:34 AMDon't give up hope and don't feel embarrassed about this fixable issue. This is a reel repair forum, and every single one of us is here because somewhere along the way we had an issue with a reel and thru Google searches found this forum and by golly the reel came back to life with a few words of wisdom from others that have been down that same road.
Stay thirsty my friend
Yup. I'd hazard more than one of us got here by disassembly of Mitchell 302 drag (me for one), or trying to figger out how to get a Penn AR leaf spring back in place.