The pinion gear is stuck on the spool shaft. According to Alan Tani's tutorial this should not be the case. Any ideas how I can get it off? Could the spool shaft be bent. I sprayed it with Kroil, but it still will not come free. Thanks for the help.
A little heat may help.
rusted, huh! you're gonna have to soak this one and give it a few days. the double screwdriver trick will not work here. alan
Soaked it in Kroil all night and it now came loose from the spool shaft. Thanks for the help.
Good going.