66-67-68 Long Beach

thorhammer · May 23, 2018, 08:11:06 PM

bearing looks non-numbered. with the shape of the knurl and the knob color i'd say pre-war

handi2 · May 23, 2018, 09:27:03 PM

Thanks,

The sideplates are flat and thick. Its a customer reel he got from his grandfather. He is going to fish it. Steel gear.

Keith

Penn Chronology · May 31, 2018, 01:58:28 AM

Hard to see the counter weight, that would be the true tell. I would guess at late 1940's. A early post war reel.

oc1 · May 31, 2018, 06:12:33 AM

John, or Mike, or whoever... From the photos it looks like there is a number stamped on the tail plate bushing and on the handle screw. But, it is only about three digits and not the full hyphenated part number. Was this some sort of transitional thing?

Great that he is going to fish with it Keith.
-steve

Tiddlerbasher · May 31, 2018, 07:42:55 AM

Steve could that be 'OIL' $:-\$

oc1 · May 31, 2018, 07:49:28 PM

Yeah, you're right Chris. Sorry for the confusion. I'm so dumb.
-steve

handi2 · May 31, 2018, 09:44:14 PM

The counter weight is smooth all the way around.

Penn Chronology · June 01, 2018, 12:22:37 AM

QuoteThe counter weight is smooth all the way around.

That is a trait of a late 1940's handle style.

grekim · September 11, 2018, 10:50:59 PM

Hey guys,
I have a LB 66 which sounds like the spool is rubbing when in free spool if the reel is tilted so that the handle side is below it. But, I'm not hearing anything when the gears are engaged. I was thinking it might need a new set of clutch springs. If the spool were warped I thought I might see that and it should make noise when gears are engaged too, maybe. I probably would not be tilting the reel in that way, but I shouldn't fish it, right? Love the handle knob on this thing...it must be older being a darker red and nicer detail in my opinion.

Reel 224 · September 11, 2018, 11:07:10 PM

either needs adjustment by taking the play out of the spool side to side movement to a 1/10" or may be worn side bearing...................Joe

Ron Jones · September 12, 2018, 12:55:04 AM

If the noise is from the frame rubbing, I agree with Joe. It may also be the pinion not completely disengaging from the spool (I've made the mistake.) In that case, bending the ears on the clutch so they pull the pinion back a little further will do the job.
Ron

grekim · September 12, 2018, 01:41:52 AM

So far I have ruled out the handle side bearing...swapped it out with one in a smooth running LB 66 and no improvement. It also is a 2 pulse per rotation problem. Thanks for the ideas.

Ron Jones · September 12, 2018, 03:23:56 PM

2 pulse per rotation sounds an awful lot like the pinion to me. I lived with this A LOT before Alan taught me how to fix it.
Ron

grekim · September 12, 2018, 08:33:02 PM

Quote from: Ron Jones on September 12, 2018, 03:23:56 PM
2 pulse per rotation sounds an awful lot like the pinion to me. I lived with this A LOT before Alan taught me how to fix it.
Ron

Do you mean a problem with the pinion itself (like being worn) or that it is not disengaging. If the latter, then rather than bending the yoke (I'm a little nervous about that) I am thinking about replacing the clutch springs.

Edit: My apologies...I was confused on how it worked. Springs compressed = spool disengaged. Springs are not the problem. I will try bending ever so slightly!

grekim · September 12, 2018, 11:42:50 PM

It worked!! For the record, what I purposely bent the ears on was the "eccentric jack" (part 11-66). Took 3 tries to get it. 1st time not enough. 2nd time too much / would not get into gear. Posted a picture of the knob because it seems a little older and less common. Well, we shall fish her this weekend. Thanks gentlemen!