09 Apr 2004, 00:05, JIM HOLSONBACK (1:123/140), wrote to RUSSELL TIEDT:

Hi JIM.  [and Russell]

 JH> Hello, Russell.  I used to do a bit of offshore fishing back when 
 JH> I lived in Jacksonville FL 15+ years ago.  I don't have a good 
 JH> answer for you from my own experience, but maybe if we bat it around a 
 JH> bit, someone else may chime in with a better answer.

 RT>> What ways are recommended for truing/fixing stainless steel 
 RT>> spools for Penn Fishing reels, I have one and a friend has 2 that 
 RT>> touch the side plates when turning due to some unknown fall or 
 RT>> other reason. Backalite or alumiuim spools are not available for 
 RT>> these reels and even tho the stainless steel spools are not 
 RT>> favoured or well thought of here, being able to fix the spools so 
 RT>> that they are free spinning/turning is the only way to make these 
 RT>> reels usable.
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 JH> This one has what appears to be a SS spool.  The ends of the reel 
 JH> frame are sandwich - - appear to be chrome plated metal inside and 
 JH> outside, with a sandwich layer of burgundy colored bakelite or equal 
 JH> in between.

Close to what I remember about the Penns...
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 JH> See also msg from Jean P.  He seems to have had a bent spool 
 JH> flange problem, which he solved.

Quite similar to what I used to do with my Dad's Penn reels.  I never did
figure how he managed to bend the spools, but...   Many years later I
noticed the 'spool'on my boat trailer winch is _badly_ mangled.  There _is_
a lot of side force when the line is spooled under tension, and I had a
habit of never releasing the tension, or re-winding the winch when we got
back home.  Could be that my Dad did the same with his Penns...

 JH> I haven't done any disassembly, but the spool rotates on some 
 JH> ball bearings, with a fitting for oiling at each end of the reel.  I 
 JH> don't know if there is any adjustment in the location of mounting for 
 JH> these ball bearings.  

The old ones my Dad had _did_ have adjustments for the bearing position,
and he was constantly using THOSE for increasing the drag, rather than the
'star', and wearing the frame with the ends of the spool.  He was NOT
mechanically inclined.   :-((

 JH> Sorry I can't do better.  Flange of spool migh rub because of -

 JH> a. bent spool flange -  what could have done this?
 JH> b. whole reel frame knocked out of proper alignment
 JH> c. bearing at one or both ends of spool knocked out of place.

"A", and "C" are the two cases I've had experience
with.  "C" was not too bad if my Dad didn't actually break
something.  "A" was handled just as Jean did, I used an oak block
with a hole in it, and a wooden thread spool over the shaft at the other
end.  Tap a little and check, tap a little more, check again, etc.  For the
life of me, I can't remember how the gear was attached to the spool, nor
whether it got in my way.


     Good luck...  M.

--- Msged/386 TE 06 (pre)