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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn Senator Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: basto on May 17, 2013, 05:02:46 AM

Title: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: basto on May 17, 2013, 05:02:46 AM
I have read that the older Senator sideplates can swell with age.
Did Penn change the composition of the plates in later models or can they swell too?
thanks in advance
Basto
Title: Re: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: alantani on May 18, 2013, 06:03:45 AM
i think we all swell with age......   :-\
Title: Re: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: basto on May 18, 2013, 07:03:57 AM
Yes, I certainly did Alan.
Title: Re: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: Mandelstam on May 18, 2013, 09:23:44 AM
Quote from: alantani on May 18, 2013, 06:03:45 AM
i think we all swell with age......   :-\

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Title: Re: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: George4741 on May 19, 2013, 03:02:33 AM
Basto, I don't have an answer to your question, but, a 2/0 Senator I bought on ebay had swollen plates.  Later the plates seemed to shrink and it was much easier to install the chrome rings.  I wonder if the hot, dry Nevada air dried out the sideplates and they returned to original dimensions?

George
Title: Re: SENATOR SIDEPLATES
Post by: basto on May 19, 2013, 09:31:07 PM
Quote from: George4741 on May 19, 2013, 03:02:33 AM
Basto, I don't have an answer to your question, but, a 2/0 Senator I bought on ebay had swollen plates.  Later the plates seemed to shrink and it was much easier to install the chrome rings.  I wonder if the hot, dry Nevada air dried out the sideplates and they returned to original dimensions?
Very interesting George. I`m learning all the time. Thanks for your reply.
George
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