There have been quite a few tutorials about this reel on here and they were a huge help to me in redoing this ole' Bird; so this is more of a series of pictures showing the change from purchase to completion. Yes, it will be picture heavy...and no you don't have to read it all ;)
I purchased this reel for $69 plus a few bucks for shipping on eBay, I was stoked. Upon getting it I realized I had my work cut out for me, but I welcomed the challenge...
For size comparison next to my SR-6...it was huge, haha.
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So from here, I start to disassemble...with a few good and bad surprises along the way
Yikes!!!!!
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Sweet!! Brass main!
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All apart...
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Now time for parts... Thanks to Scotts and Rollin @ D & R Enterprises!
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Build time!
Crappy cell phone shot of the double dog set up...courtesy of Kona Jigging!
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And all done...plus a little touch up paint :)
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I'm tickled with the outcome, still enough patina to now it's been fished, but in a much better place now with actual working parts, haha.
Thanks for reading along ;D
Nice man. Looks good with that knob upgrade. Is that one of those Fishincomfort knobs? I ordered one of those.
That Accurate spinning reel looks pretty interesting.
Nice 9500ss Dan! I bet you're itching for Adam to put more titanium AR kits for that reel. Also, did you spool that reel up with a machine because theres no way either of my 9500ss would lay braid that evenly.
Very Nice Dan!
Yeah, the handle was from him, $19.99 shipped with knob and handle, figured I'd give it a shot. Feels great so far.
The line was spooled on a machine, I stopped at 500 yds of 50 lb due to that exact thought...it will never lay this evenly again, so I wanted to leave room for line lay expansion, as well as a top shot.
Thanks Daron :) I appreciate your input prior to the build.
You are Welcome Dan,
I love me some 9500's. ;)
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Nice Dan! I just bought a batch of those knobs; deciding where they'll go but one is going on one of the 9500's for sure.
Nice job Dan, love the 9500s.
Solid restoration and service, Dan --
Skillfully accomplished...
Best,
Fred
Nice Reel , I made one out of 2 with some help from Bob [Cone] ended up with a nice one & some nice "spare parts."
I learned the hard way a lot of 9500ss reels have the dreaded red locktite in the frame that
breaks screws off during disassembley. Not sure if that was from the factory , I heated up the other frame before I took that one apart.
Semper Fi, Richie
Nice reel Dan. Great to see you scored the yellow main gear.
good fishing
Basto
Looking good, Dan!
Now need pictures of the fish :)
Great job Dan, a lot of tlc done there, great seeing that
bronze main gear, just one question what was the crosswind gear
bronze or white metal, if it is white metal i wonder can you get
a bronze one, the change is amazing you can feel it.
As said nice reel.
Need glasses Dan lol just seen it, very nice ;D
Almost miss this one ??? Great job Dan!! The foam knob are IN these days, I installed a couple ones, one for my 650ss but have to take it off, the screw that holds it is hitting the bail every ten turns of the handle(not Alan C knob) even a low profile head screw will hit it and also installed one on my 501 black, very comfortable
What's your plan for the reel, like what kind of fishing?
Marc..