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Originally Posted by hammer4reel
That is caused by salt build up , and it getting forced inside .
I have seen that on what was the second generation reels only .
The way to tell the second gen reels have a square opening on the bottom of the gear box .
I put a dab of silicone in that small opening and haven’t had another issue with them .
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Not sure what generation mine is but I’ve cleaned and lubricated both sides of the thumb bar mechanisms and it still won’t pop back up when I turn the handle to reel. I have to raise the thumb bar manually.
