Reel Repair by Alan Tani

  Hi guys i have always wondered how to make the drag clicker on a reel louder!

besides the following, is there anything else u can do?
-use a light coat of oil instead of grease on the clicker 'track'
-use a new clicker as it has more spring back force

thks!

Maybe you could incorporate one of these on the sideplate?:



 

already tried... didnt work...   

Quote from: thedw on August 10, 2013, 09:45:13 AM
already tried... didnt work...   

Would have loved to see that!

That tinkle, tinkle might get your attention.

Put a shark alarm on your reel

Can you clip a baseball card on there somewhere? Used to work on my bike.

You could use one of these






These were used a lot growing up and are coming back for some folks.  I don't like the idea of the line wrapping around and would prefer a friction method if possible.

Depends on what kind of reel you have.  On the very old Pfleuger Templars, we used to cut either bronze or SS springs and silver solder them on to the side plate.  The side plate had a brass inner plate that we could attach it to.  Ideally, we'd take a piece of thick bronze pipe and cut an offset circle so that one side was thicker than the other.  The thin side would be cut and beveled to fit the tongue grooves.  The thick side was soldered to the plate.  For SS, we'd just cut a piece of pipe (I recall it being about 2" dia. with a 1/8" wall thickness) and solder in place.

If your reel does not have a plate on which to solder, then the option becomes to cut a stronger spring and mount it using the rivet (which you'd cut off and replace with screws) holes.  Not that difficult to do.  Keep in mind that any time you increase the pressure on the tongue and/or sprocket, you will increase wear significantly.  The tongue can be replaced, but the sprocket on the spool is another story.

hmm its a certate actually!
guess theres not much i can do?

That metal wheel thing really gets it don't it!