Now thats a nice find!

The only line guides that were supposed to roll that I have ever encountered that didn't were those that either had a brass insert or no insert at all because corrosion set in. A lot of the early spinners had stationary guides that were never intended to roll. I have never come across a line guide with a teflon or nylon insert that was stuck. Granted, those with teflon/nylon inserts don't exactly spin freely, but they will roll when they are supposed to, with adequate line resistance pressure.

I know. that has happened to me about a thousand times. Still, I do not see any others. All I am hearing is Crickets...………………


That is the way they are supposed to be. Nice reel.

Basically, the Sea Gate is a Long Beach with a different name. Internals are the same as the Long Beach. They probably came with both steel and or brass.

Line rollers are always the first thing to get messed up and stuck.  I had a cheap-o no-name reel similar to your Diawa as a kid and never had a moments trouble with it.  I would have been proud to have grooved the bail wire on a big fish, but no such luck.  It was probably shame that finally made me upgrade.
-steve

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So best to open up the reel and inspect the internals for excess grease perhaps?

EDIT: I ended up opening it up and there was some excess grease but not sure how that will have impacted the line lay... as of now the reel is still open because I discovered that the ball bearing on the left side had a good amount of rust...UGH. So I am soaking it in Corrosion X. I don't feel like doing a full tear-down of the reel at the moment either so will probably just soak it overnight wipe off as much of the rust as possible and then go from there. I should probably just get a new ball bearing for the thing though. I was wondering why it felt slightly off when winding! I've only used the darn thing a couple times too but in the surf or around saltwater so that's probably why.

Here’s My contribution.

I use CorrosionX mixed with TSI301. Seems to work great.