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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn International Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: Whit on June 26, 2021, 02:38:18 PM

Title: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: Whit on June 26, 2021, 02:38:18 PM
Friends:

Getting ready for an upcoming trip, need to change the handle knob on a 16s.

It is the "permanently" riveted kind with a blind rivet on the underside of the handle blank.

The plan is to remove the rivited knob, and install a stock Penn knob complete with a screw in rivet from a 30s into the handle blank.

How best to remove the OEM riveted knob and rivet stem?  Do not want to mar the gold anodized handle blank.

Thanks in advance!

Whit
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: Mjg378 on June 26, 2021, 09:30:25 PM
Alan has a step by step power point👍 https://alantani.com/index.php?topic=12785.0
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: Mjg378 on June 26, 2021, 09:34:08 PM
And also his 5/0 handle is AWSOME!     👍👍

Mike G
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: thorhammer on June 27, 2021, 11:44:40 PM
IMO- shelve that handle assembly and get an SS blade and knob from Alan to fish. I did that on all of my Int's. Cadillac. zero failure. Period.
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: alantani on July 03, 2021, 05:11:47 AM
whit, did you ever get this fixed?
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: Whit on July 28, 2021, 12:11:32 PM
Alan:

Not yet.  Will prolly order one from you, but want to assemble a fuller shopping list first for both the 16s and a couple 12LT's.   Looks like the 12's have the same sleeve size as the 500's, so pretty small.

Whit
Title: Re: Replacing riveted knob on early generation 16s
Post by: thorhammer on July 28, 2021, 03:03:06 PM
Whit, you are correct- I put Alan's smaller blade (500 sleeve sized hole) on my 12T's with his 3/0 knob. Everything now matches and is a nice upgrade. The stock 12T keg knob is small for my sausage fingers.