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The beautiful 402, a prizefighter with a glass jaw. I have personally destroyed many gearsets using just 17# mono!
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This VS150 was on the bench, compare the gear teeth direction to the 402. All the reels are left hand crank.
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Out of the Mitchell graveyard, I pulled the axle off a stripped out 402 main gear.
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Also, I dug up a 403 main gear and removed its axle and swapped it with the 402. Of course, the 403 pinion will be installed in place of the 402.
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As far as the planamatics, I'm gonna put braid on it so the crosswind would not be necessary(?) It may even give a nice even line lay.
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I'm a big fan of the 302 look, so I put the new gearset in a black housing, with only the red selector and power knob. The chrome handle weighs twice as much as the standard military issue.
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The down fall most times is small Main bearing with a grade ABEC 3 . Sloppy tolerances and backlash will kill gears fast .