Hello all, I am new here but really like the site. I have a Penn 525 Mag that works fine until I hook a fish! Free spool is fine and the retrieve is OK until there is a load on the line. I was guessing the spool may be warped and I dont know if that sounds right or if it can be fixed short of replacing the spool. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks.
Is it a constant binding or sporatic?
you might have tightened the side plate screws too much. try backing each one of them off by half a turn. if this is the cause, then this should relieve the pressure on the side plate and the spool will spin properly again.
The binding is fairly constant with a load. If I lift the rod tip I can reel as I lower the rod, but it binds if I try to just hold the rod steady and reel. I will try the side plate screws. Thanks.
Hi CAPTDAVE.
Have you checked the condition of the pinion bearing?
Is it the line coming through the rod?