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Title: Shimano Stella torque rotornut ?
Post by: Drisse on June 08, 2026, 12:47:03 PM

Hello people !

Just finished a Shimano Stella SW14000XG-B with a broken rotornut. The rotor "wiggled" and I found out that the aluminum rotornut "wiggled" a little under the rotornut cover. You couldn't tighten or unscrew the nut. It just rotated both ways because of damaged threads. Feels quite weak with a soft aluminum nut on a flagship reel ?

Since I couldn't make any factory torque marks I wonder how much people tighten the nut since it's so soft and with tiny fine threads. Just hard by hand and then a slightest touch with a wrench ?

Best regards!

Title: Re: Shimano Stella torque rotornut ?
Post by: Swami805 on June 08, 2026, 01:23:11 PM

Maybe a little blue lock-tight to hold it in place?

Title: Re: Shimano Stella torque rotornut ?
Post by: ReelClean on June 09, 2026, 02:03:33 AM

I just nip them up, then check the alignment with the lockscrew or cap and tighten to suit. Haven't stripped one yet...knock, knock...

Title: Re: Shimano Stella torque rotornut ?
Post by: Drisse on June 12, 2026, 10:46:50 AM

Thanks for the tip 🙂

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