I received a new shimano curado 300 ej for x-mass. I can hear a very slight clicking sound in free spool. I haven't put on line yet. It will spin for 5 seconds. Is this normal. should I send it back to shimano, oil it? any ideas.
It my be the spool jumping The pinion gear. As for free spool that is slow. I can get a 45+ sec free spool out of my clients reels. Let me know if you need anything. I can super tune it as well.
yeah, that could be anything...... :-\
Brand new???
I would walk it into a Tackle shop (Shimano Service center) or Irvine, Ca Shimano & trade it in..
Try them out before you take one...
No reason to start out with a new expensive real that doesnt feel smoooth all around....
Should be a No Questions exchange..................
For some reason this seems to be a familiar problem with new curado's i had a problem with the pinion gear jumping with mine it took me a while to find the problem.read this thread for some insights,
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=2975.msg18871#msg18871
most reels work basically the same so you may want to study any reels with the same problem on this site or send it off to CO for a tune up,or if you got it locally take it back