Reel Repair by Alan Tani

When I service my Cardinals,I loosely zip tie the drag stack to hold it together in place as one assembly.Sometimes I just put a drop of Lucas reel oil across the top let it seep in & call it done.

The Cardinal Drag Knob screw  has left hand threads.Hence- Righty loosey, lefty tighty

On my Dam Quicks 220 & 285 all have Fast Eddy Ceramic bearings 8*22*7 mm,they spin for days...
This size fits the 330 as well.

Rob,
I looked at the bearing section, but I forget the old red 5000
Bushing was a different size,what bearing fits those?

Quote from: Gfish on Today at 04:04:37 AMWives should be more understanding about a tackle hobby. Relatively inexpensive and done at home. Imagine them guys with something like a car hobby.

Or a beer joint hobby. 

I try to avoid assbook but I will check it out.

That's really nice.  But now you'll carry more stuff.  The back never wins.

Nice!  Wishing you the best of luck with it.

Wives should be more understanding about a tackle hobby. Relatively inexpensive and done at home. Imagine them guys with something like a car hobby.

Whoa, 29 reels. You ain't messing around. You should be a pro after they get the works.

The worst for me are those tiny spool axel C-clips like on a Mitchell 302 or on a Shimano Baitrunner.

Quote from: tincanary on Today at 12:40:41 AMMy website is now live, www.ashlin-fishing.com.

After some back and forth with the sales manager at Avail, I'm now the 7th shop outside of Japan to offer the full suite of Avail parts.  After an arduous vetting process, I was given their blessing to receive business pricing so I will soon stock various Ambassadeur and Cardinal parts.  The only shop in the USA to offer their products.  I've been shopping a few customs brokers to ensure tariffs are correctly levied and that I don't have to get stung on behalf of the couriers who guess at it more than anything, costing people dearly.  I'm also in talks with a few shops in my area to produce parts for the Daiwa SS Tournament line of reels, looking at getting spools, hook keepers, and color parts made for them along with handle adapters so people can run newer Daiwa handles.  Lots on my end, but I've been steadily at it since Thanksgiving and my recovery period from some health issues I had.  It's exciting and I'm learning as I go.  Watch my site to get populated with Avail products after the turn of the year.

congrats I surely will keep an eye on your website

My website is now live, www.ashlin-fishing.com.

After some back and forth with the sales manager at Avail, I'm now the 7th shop outside of Japan to offer the full suite of Avail parts.  After an arduous vetting process, I was given their blessing to receive business pricing so I will soon stock various Ambassadeur and Cardinal parts.  The only shop in the USA to offer their products.  I've been shopping a few customs brokers to ensure tariffs are correctly levied and that I don't have to get stung on behalf of the couriers who guess at it more than anything, costing people dearly.  I'm also in talks with a few shops in my area to produce parts for the Daiwa SS Tournament line of reels, looking at getting spools, hook keepers, and color parts made for them along with handle adapters so people can run newer Daiwa handles.  Lots on my end, but I've been steadily at it since Thanksgiving and my recovery period from some health issues I had.  It's exciting and I'm learning as I go.  Watch my site to get populated with Avail products after the turn of the year.