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Title: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Topshot on February 18, 2014, 04:30:34 AM
I'm building a 113h and I'm going to put a narrow frame on it. I can get a REALLY good deal on a frame but I doesn't have a spool. I read on an old post that you can use a spool from a longbeach 66 in a narrow 113h. This is the post I read http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=4578.0;wap2
Or will it only work in a 113 non H due to the the 113h having bearings
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Ron Jones on February 18, 2014, 04:49:43 AM
You can use a 66 spool in a 113 (black side plate) with a narrow frame. If you use the 66 guts then you have a "Grouper Special," a reel designed on this board a couple years ago. If you have a 113H then you must have a Yellowtail Special spool. Both are awesome reels and well worth the investment to make. The vast majority of people want a YTS.
Ron
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Keta on February 18, 2014, 05:20:06 AM
Yup, the 66 spool fits a 113, not a 113H.  

One of the projects that I want to finish is my "Grouper Special".  I just cut a bunch of .025" drag washers for it out of hardened titanium.
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Ron Jones on February 18, 2014, 05:20:41 AM
Lee,
Please tell me you are selling those?
Ron
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Keta on February 18, 2014, 05:21:18 AM
As soon as I know they will work.  I'll test them in a Surfmaster.
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Topshot on February 18, 2014, 05:43:05 AM
Well I thought I was going to be able to get out of this project a little cheaper lol. But I should know by now that there is no such thing. Oh well I'll just keep my eyes peeled for a narrow spool. But that grouper special does sound interesting
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Keta on February 18, 2014, 05:47:35 AM
Stock 113 bridge and gears 2:1, 66 bridge and gears 2.5:1.  I have a fixture to mill the hole in the side plate to center the 66 gearsleeve and make it look nicer.
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Topshot on February 18, 2014, 05:53:31 AM
Quote from: Keta on February 18, 2014, 05:47:35 AM
Stock 113 bridge and gears 2:1, 66 bridge and gears 2.5:1.  I have a fixture to mill the hole in the side plate to center the 66 gearsleeve and make it look nicer.
Boy that sounds like one sloooooow reel. But I guess that's what you need for those big grouper
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Shark Hunter on February 18, 2014, 05:58:16 AM
Well Crap! Titanium Lee! Really! You've been in the Batcave again!
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Topshot on February 18, 2014, 06:01:27 AM
Quote from: Shark Hunter on February 18, 2014, 05:58:16 AM
Well Crap! Titanium Lee! Really! You've been in the Batcave again!
We'll great now you have me talking crap to my reels! Asking them why they aren't made out of titanium
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Keta on February 18, 2014, 06:01:52 AM
Someone that tinkers with reels and lives in a small village in Alaska donated some material.
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Ron Jones on February 18, 2014, 07:49:53 AM
Wonder who that was! ;D
Title: Re: Longbeach 66 spool in narrow 4/0
Post by: Shark Hunter on February 18, 2014, 09:28:41 AM
The same guy that gets 48 lbs of drag out of a 600H!
He made me cross the line. I am officially a Daiwa Owner! ;)