Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I hear ya, Fred. It's easy to get on a soapbox about things like that until it's time to part with your hard-earned cash, and as you say these days there are plenty of other things competing for it.

Quote from: boon on Today at 01:05:22 AMI'm a bit torn. I have a little Honda stationary engine (GX270) and I have spent far more on genuine Honda parts to recondition the carb than a complete chinese clone carb would have cost me.
But then I would be supporting a business that does nil product development, and has just copied the Honda item, to unknown tolerance, specification, metallurgy etc. Would the chinese clone product probably do the job perfectly well? I would say there's a very, very good chance it would. But until the price difference becomes eye-watering, I will endeavour to use genuine parts.

EDIT: This does not apply when one can find out the originator of the genuine part, and buy it direct at a major discount with different branding. That's just being smart.

I used to feel the same way.  But, at least in my case, there are other factors to consider.  Factory magneto for my 036 Stihl chainsaw was around $130, compared to $18.

This tuneup kit for the blower was also 10 times the price of Asia.

Nowadays, with our homeowners insurance tripling, gas at over $5 a gallon, food prices up 45% across the board, and prices just at crazy levels on nearly everything —- we can't really afford to provide cut-throat corporations with obscene profits.

Not going to happen in our house.

Unfortunately...

Best, Fred

Just finished my 2.5 Penn Senator.

Free spools better than it's 3/0 donor ever did.

Last picture is a 2/0, the new 2.5/0, and 3/0 for size comparison.

Thanks Ted for the inspiration.

Ton's of possibilities for this reel but I think it's going to kill a lot of shallow Rock-Cod in the near future.

Steve

Quote from: boon on Today at 01:05:22 AMI'm a bit torn. I have a little Honda stationary engine (GX270) and I have spent far more on genuine Honda parts to recondition the carb than a complete chinese clone carb would have cost me.
But then I would be supporting a business that does nil product development, and has just copied the Honda item, to unknown tolerance, specification, metallurgy etc. Would the chinese clone product probably do the job perfectly well? I would say there's a very, very good chance it would. But until the price difference becomes eye-watering, I will endeavour to use genuine parts.

EDIT: This does not apply when one can find out the originator of the genuine part, and buy it direct at a major discount with different branding. That's just being smart.

I had a somewhat different Honda motor I was very particular about. It was in my 07 civic SI. I only used Honda parts. The difference is you and I likely both bought these things at or near fair market value.  Fred was given this one, with the implication that it was dead. Very different investment incentive.

don't laugh.  it actually works. 

https://www.amazon.com/Original-Self-Adjusting-Universal-Self-Adjusts-application/dp/B0177E9JPS/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.19OJUaILi-SxOK7Sq2Cuieh1M5Bt78WaC7eNqKOzRLoxQLgVW7v5d1yFlVFVh8MBh_oenlbhf17dlJpB7pyjIE_Oo9i4MXf1ftklBksJwBEr1FEzL5pxPFO79CRkjqnHm29cL5CKkuuoYeOTj4AcDbcN0aIXuqbWGxiOOBzaW-KdsfsF-MDQPMoV7DzWLEd67CJNOdP8ytJeyj-bB19_5gGtl-Gd19pbwM1xACpQbKGB-CkagHKFwkfqdZhVABqax55gbdgiF4dlIsJxPHAEwZDdLZxE4aRF3-neHte56Tw.A5V5F-kLu6nUlMFrYszSKNQrjnFHLIEHtZcpfKvu_iI&dib_tag=se&keywords=gator+grip&qid=1715304987&sr=8-2

Man, they completely mis-diagnose that reel. How on earth was the braid in the middle supposed to have slipped when it was tied through the arbor and then taped over for good luck? Short answer is it didn't slip on the arbor, it was just spooled on with no tension.

I'm a bit torn. I have a little Honda stationary engine (GX270) and I have spent far more on genuine Honda parts to recondition the carb than a complete chinese clone carb would have cost me.
But then I would be supporting a business that does nil product development, and has just copied the Honda item, to unknown tolerance, specification, metallurgy etc. Would the chinese clone product probably do the job perfectly well? I would say there's a very, very good chance it would. But until the price difference becomes eye-watering, I will endeavour to use genuine parts.

EDIT: This does not apply when one can find out the originator of the genuine part, and buy it direct at a major discount with different branding. That's just being smart.

The Shimano part for the wrench that comes in the box is 10MJ7, they're less than $4: https://fishshop.shimano.com/products/10mj7

Otherwise a 12-point metric socket fits, I can't remember what size though sorry, might be a 16mm.

I need a handle nut wrench to fit a Talica 16. It's larger than anything I have. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Randy McConnell
Reeltyme

In addition, if you don't know how to service something, there's probably a YouTube video that will walk you through it.