Penn Peerless 9.....
 

Thoughts?

Was given 4 by a non-fishing buddy of mine. Have never been a Penn guy but intrigued by these reels.

2 in ok shape 2 beat up. Threw one on a scale and came in at 12.9 oz.

Gonna clean em up and see what's what. Tips on servicing and replacing stuff much appreciated.

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Nice little fluke reels. I know a guy that loves fishing one of those. Not sure if you going to like them since your not a penn guy but give it a try.

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Started pulling them apart...cleaner than I thought they'd be.

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They are nice little fluke reels. If you've serviced other Penn's before then they are very similar. I know a private boat guy that fishes 3-4 times a week and that's all he uses on the boat. And parts are pretty readily available.

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The chrome shines up quick with a quick wash down with a brillo pad.
Clean em and grease em up.
These reels don't die as long as you give em a good greasing every year.

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Thanks for the input boys. Pulled 2 of the 4 apart and like I said, cleaner than I expected.....BUT saving the worst 2 condition-wise for last.

Ordered up drag washers and metals yesterday. Dry or lubed? Been reading everything I can and seems like its a 50-50 consensus.

Gonna work on making my own power handles as well. I'll post what that try produces!

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I like using Cal's grease on my drags.

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Got the first done. I know this must be elementary to you seasoned reel guys but this is my first rodeo pulling any reels apart. Always farmed it out.

Not a bad dis and re assembly. Very basic reel. The dog and the dog spring were a MF for my fat fingers! Put in HT-100's. Went the lube vs dry route with Cals.

Working on some mini power handles now.

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Just need to figure out how to put more than one pic per post!!!!!!!!!

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Nice , just to let you know that sleeve comes apart from the bridge. There's a washer under there too. You just need to tap the pin out and the sleeve will come up from the bridge. I like laying my pieces out starting from right to left so when it goes back its like reading starting left to right.

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Toyed around with making some mini power handles today. Took a pic off a google search of a penn jig master power handle.

Drew up a smaller version on cardboard then onto some aluminum stock. Will keep tweaking. Mini power knobs will be next.

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Got 3 of 4 done. #4 was a complete train wreck. Broken gears and missing parts.

If anyone needs small parts off the reel let me know.....put everything in a bag for future parts use.

Homemade handle arms fit nicely.

First try at power handles in the shop was a major fail!...:p

May scour ebay and see what handles are out there...OR try and retro fit larger Bakelite knobs to handles I made...

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Power handles look good.

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I have some Penn power handles if you decide to go that way 10 bucks each

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Thanks. Still looking at ebay. This is a just a winter toy-around project. Dont even know how much I'll use them, but fun putting them together nonetheless.

Found Garcia Mitchell knobs that would fit the bill nicely for only 3 bux.

Kinda gonna be reel with mix-match parts from different brands out there.