Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: harryk3616 on January 13, 2013, 08:44:13 PM

Title: screw size
Post by: harryk3616 on January 13, 2013, 08:44:13 PM
good  afternoon   guy's          trying to find out the screw thread size for a penn #9 reel stand.   i have to tap out two holes and the smallest taps i have are 4-40   and 4-36,  hope somebody has an answer so i can order a tap or two,   thanks    harryk
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: alantani on January 13, 2013, 09:03:37 PM
it should be a 40 thread per inch thread pitch.  not sure of the diameter....   :-\
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: Irish Jigger on January 13, 2013, 11:44:04 PM
Looks,to me like No3-UNC ie 48 tpi x 0.099 in. dia.
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: harryk3616 on January 14, 2013, 12:07:22 AM
hi    irish   jigger        i haven't a clue,  but i'm going to try your recommendation.  thanks for the help.    harryk
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: harryk3616 on January 17, 2013, 07:24:38 PM
hi     irish  jigger        i ordered the tap you suggested the other day for a penn #9 reel stand.   you were right on,  the tap came today and it worked perfect,  now i'll have it for future repairs,   thanks  allot       harryk
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: alantani on January 17, 2013, 07:35:14 PM
phew!  thanks for checking!
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: Irish Jigger on January 17, 2013, 08:36:25 PM
Hi Harry, glad it worked. "Measure twice and cut once" old English proverb. ;)
Next  screw size up in Penn's is 5-40UNC and then 8-36UNF.
BTW there are two different Stands available for those reels, 30N-9  (2 7/16 in long) and 30-109S  (2 5/8 in long.)

Title: Re: screw size
Post by: harryk3616 on January 17, 2013, 09:11:55 PM
irish  jigger      thanks  again       harryk
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: harryk3616 on January 19, 2013, 03:45:50 AM
irish  jigger        they made two different stands because one would fit on a small fresh water rod, while the other was used for salt water
Title: Re: screw size
Post by: Irish Jigger on January 19, 2013, 10:41:24 AM
Quite right Harry, I replaced the stands on my 9M reels with the longer 30-109s Stands as they were being used for sea fishing,better fit.