Penn Spinfisher V 7500 LC question

[Sulla]

I have some play on the spool and was wondering if that's normal or perhaps I'm missing a part. The reel also wasn't laying down the line properly ( laying more line on the bottom of the spool ) and I'm not sure why. I took some pictures and was wondering if you guys could tell me if I'm missing a part? I'm not very mechanically inclined but I can't seem to locate the part 47B which is on the schematic . Is it there and I'm just missing it? Is the slight play on the spool normal? And are there any tricks to evening out the line lay. l       

[oldmanjoe]

I have some play on the spool and was wondering if that's normal or perhaps I'm missing a part.

Some free play is normal , but is it up and down play or side to side ?

The reel also wasn't laying down the line properly ( laying more line on the bottom of the spool ) and I'm not sure why. I took some pictures and was wondering if you guys could tell me if I'm missing a part?

   The line lay can be adjusted by that white washer on top of the gear in your picture . remove it to move the line lay upward .    your picture of the spool looks even , did you manually wind on line to correct the lay ?


I'm not very mechanically inclined but I can't seem to locate the part 47B which is on the schematic . Is it there and I'm just missing it?
  I am not sure but that might be part of the spool nut .

Is the slight play on the spool normal? And are there any tricks to evening out the line lay. l       

[Sulla]

The play is up and down. It's somewhere between an 1/8 to 1/16 of an inch up and down. The reason the line lay looks good is because I had the shop put on fresh line and he used the machine. Thanks for the tip on the white washer.  I'll try removing it and adjusting the line lay.

[oldmanjoe]

  Did you put the same line back on : 20 pound for 20 pound , same diameter line ?
 1/16 =.062 That i think is acceptable up and down play .

[Sulla]

No, it had #30 that had been on there a while. So I went down to #20 to try for a little better casting distance.

[oldmanjoe]

 Try using it just the way it is now , shim wise .    See how the line lays after using it , then make the adjustments .

[Sulla]

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