Just yesterday i was about to cast and i noticed that now it takes alot of effort to flip to freespool and when i do flip it to freespool it still doesnt go into free spool. please help me solve this problem ive had this reel for only 2 months!
Aloha!
salt water intrusion. the entire side plate will have to come apart. don't force it. you can damage the lever. while you're at it, get a set of carbontex drags from smoothdrag.com and replace your drag washer if you have an old reel. new reels will already have carbon fiber.
X2 on Alan's comment also I would check the R/H spool bearing for salt build up while your at it.