Penn Squall 16VS small crack on the handle sideplate

Started by steelfish, May 09, 2025, 12:36:20 AM

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steelfish

so, the reel suffered a tiny crack on the sideplate and wondering if a bit a crazy glue can fix it or should I use something stronger?
 
for the spindle and hit or two with the hammer will do it
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boon

Holy heck! Did they reverse over it with a car or something?

redsetta

 ;D A mate brought me an Ambassadeur about a decade ago that he'd literally backed over.
Managed to save it, but it was properly mangled - a bit like Alex's Squall!
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Gonna need something stronger than superglue... like money for a new reel!
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 8)  My dad is a TV repairman and got a cool set of tools , I think I can fix it !!
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JasonGotaProblem

A tiny crack huh?

Reminds me of a job site conversation many years ago.
"He's got a little bit of a crack problem"
"There's no such thing as a little bit of a crack problem! Dudes smoking crack."

Yeah that reels got a little bit of a crack problem.
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steelfish

Quote from: boon on May 09, 2025, 12:45:29 AMHoly heck! Did they reverse over it with a car or something?
something similar, "somehow" they reel was on the boat trailer and got side smashed when they were loading the boat, at least was what he told me.



Quote from: alantani on May 09, 2025, 01:18:40 AMhow much drag when this happened?  any idea?
it was a fight of the boat versus the boat trailer and the reel was in the middle of the fight, the reel lost. No wonder or idea of the drag settings  ???



Quote from: MarkT on May 09, 2025, 01:21:01 AMGonna need something stronger than superglue... like money for a new reel!
not an option, the guys is as broke as the reel LOL, so, he asked me to try to repair it, the replacement parts that so far needs to be replaced are still way below of half the price of a new reel.


Quote from: oldmanjoe on May 09, 2025, 01:36:41 AM8)  My dad is a TV repairman and got a cool set of tools , I think I can fix it !!

how its that !!  my Dad was a TV repairman too, I dont have much of his hand tools from back in the days but I do have crazy glue, ducktape and high hopes so, I think I can fix it.



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foakes

To confidently fish this reel —- it needs a new sideplate, spool shaft, etc., etc. —- and still may or may not be right when completed.

Stuff can be put back together, but I wouldn't do it —- or put my name on the reel afterwards.

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steelfish

Quote from: foakes on May 09, 2025, 04:34:12 PMTo confidently fish this reel —- it needs a new sideplate, spool shaft, etc., etc. —- and still may or may not be right when completed.

Stuff can be put back together, but I wouldn't do it —- or put my name on the reel afterwards.

Best, Fred

I put effort to put that really CLEAR to the owner, even with those new parts, the reel might feel rough when it get just assembled or maybe with luck it will feel nice and smooth when it get just assembled but might develop roughness /noise/etc when fighting a fish because another parts got a hair bent and he was OK with that.

That said, to me, if some guys like and enjoy to change 120% of the stock parts of a 113h reel and still call it an upgraded 113h reel when its actually a brand new and different reel, I think its not that bad to get new parts for that reel 16VS Squall reel and maybe even get some more parts to make it work as new, to my knowleage even with 75% of brand new parts from mystic for the 16 VS Squall reel it will be still cheaper that a fully upgraded and metalized 113h reel  ^-^



 
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JasonGotaProblem

Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.