Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Welcome! => Welcome! => Topic started by: YoungKopernik on August 15, 2013, 09:24:44 PM

Title: Found Your Site
Post by: YoungKopernik on August 15, 2013, 09:24:44 PM
I am going to rebuild 2   
Penn 4/0 Senators:  drags(possible frame) and one has broken crank
And a
Daiwa Sealine 450H: crank and drags
Do you have any suggestions?
I only fish tune 2 or 3 times a year, is it worth doing the Penn frame strengthening addition? And I read there is a better drag system what do you suggest?

Good to see your site
John
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: Shark Hunter on August 16, 2013, 01:00:23 AM
Are they the 113H high speed models? Or just the regular black sided 4/0?
Here is a good place to start.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=208.0
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: Bill B on August 16, 2013, 03:04:27 AM
don't start...you'll never be able to stop ;D  Welcome from the Sacramento Delta
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: alantani on August 16, 2013, 05:35:27 PM
john, good to have you here!  i'm still in saratoga.  if you are anywhere in the neighborhood, swing by the house.  there is always cold beer in the frig.  you can dump alot of money into those reels if you are not careful.  you want to avoid that if you can. 
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: Keta on August 16, 2013, 08:11:00 PM
Quote from: alantani on August 16, 2013, 05:35:27 PM
..... you can dump alot of money into those reels if you are not careful.  you want to avoid that if you can.  

Some of us do it because we can and we like to tinker.  I have close to $150 into one of my 349H reels, not counting the price I paid for it in 1979.  The big expense was the hard to find new Newell aluminum spool, the second would have been bearings but Broadway had some for a good price, the third was the 501 crossbars.  The 5+1 drag parts were cheep.
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: Cone on August 17, 2013, 07:49:03 PM
Welcome! We do love to tinker and we love pics! Bob
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B on August 19, 2013, 04:34:08 PM
welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhood...
Title: Re: Found Your Site
Post by: saltydog on August 19, 2013, 07:15:48 PM
Welcome..