Just bought 248 on eBay. Anyone know anything about?
cool: it's German & not a worm... wonder what main gear is made of
The 248 is the largest in the mid-60's line that included the 218, 228, 238, and the 248.
It is about the size of a 330 or a 285 Finessa.
1:3 gearing, aluminum housing, pretty solid reels.
They saved a little $$$ in production costs by subbing a few parts for less expensive materials — for example, no main bearing — a long brass tube instead. Although many of the other parts are interchangeable with other higher quality DQ reels — so 90% of the durability and quality is still there.
I have a lot of 248's, and even more 238's.
The little 238 is a very neat little reel that is very close in size to a lite or UL reel.
These came in various colors — depending on the target area as well as the distributors involved. Greys, blacks, greens.
Best,
Fred
Fred, thank you for posting information.
I got this reel as a by catch in lot of reels . The rotor was locked up .
It`s a simple reel. The only note worthy things on this reel is the screw on the right hand side to release the center tube ,so you can remove the rotor assembly . The other note worthy thing after you remove the rotor nut and washer is that you have to hold the pinion gear and unscrew the rotor from the pinion gear .
It took a lot of soakings and heat to get the center tube to move in the pinion gear. Once apart a good cleaning and burnishing of the pasts all is well .
It`s fairly smooth running reel in it`s simple state .
Looks great, Joe!
If you need a new A/R lever, or anything else —- N/C.
Just let me know before I ship your other reel mañana.
Best, Fred