SoCal brand fishing reels

[steelfish]

Have anyone seen and service or open these reels before?

I searched online and the only information I found is that the socal factory/store went outta business in 2019 and sold the inventory at 75% off or something, anyway, I have one for repair and of course I couldnt find any schematic of the reel, the drag dial preset knob is completely frozen, so I dont know if I can force it to release with a plier or not, I dont want to break anything specially since there will be no place to buy replacement parts, I dont know either what reel this was trying to clone, the aluminium feels like plastic, you know, that kind of alloy that feels cheap and 3x lighter than normal aluminium.

[boon]

Generic chinese clone of an Accurate with whatever brand they were printing that day. Looks like maybe someone put a Shimano t-bar on it though?

Remove the blue bit in the middle of the program dial then they're usually held in by a snap ring or circlip. Make sure to check the post on the sideplate that the drag cam sits on for damage.

Apart from being impossible to get any non-standard parts (anything that isn't bearings) for they're usually not too bad to work on.

[JasonGotaProblem]

Looks a lot like the "omoto" reel that was mixed in with a box I bought from Bryan Young's estate. Fits boon's description too.

[steelfish]

Remove the blue bit in the middle of the program dial then they're usually held in by a snap ring or circlip. Make sure to check the post on the sideplate that the drag cam sits on for damage.

- that was my starting plan too, it seems that it will be the only way to check whats wrong with the preset knob, getting to it from the inside, thanks amigo

Apart from being impossible to get any non-standard parts (anything that isn't bearings) for they're usually not too bad to work on.

- I already told the owner that this might be ending like a nice 12oz sinker

[Gfish]

Heat and penetrating oil and patience. Looks nice on the outside like the owner took care of it there, but didn't open it up. So, SoCal is a place in China🤔?

[Dominick]

We got confidence in you Alex.  Keep reporting progress.  Dominick