Fixing spinning reels??

[Esox Luciano]

Locks up completely, even after clicking the reverse button and reeling backwards. Gonna have to open them one by one and check the guts. If and when I'm done with the repairs, I'll be sure to post any results... positive or negative.

Just finished doing a repair on an old Browning reel I've had to put on the DL for a while. This one was a little tough. While we use strong braided line and catch sizeable fish, the strength from both put enough pressure on the line to literally saw a crevice into my lineroller. Didn't notice till it was too late and lost fish from the line cutting in the crevice when trying to set a hook. That was over 2 years ago. After not hearing good things from some nearby shops about them not being able to repair it, threw it on the back burner. While browsing around home depot one day I found some type of brushing or something in the shelving isle I believe. It was about 1 1/2" long and tapered outwards on one end. Now I took that and filed both ends down. The already tapered end I filed just enough to sit snug on the bail piece where the line would be touching it first. The other side I filed down the bulk till it was less than about 1/4”. Once I had the length, I took a cone shaped drill bit(the only thing I could find handy that was solid & cone-shaped) and slightly banged it into the non-tapered end to taper the edge out. It worked, fit perfectly in my old Browning, packed on some heavy mono and threw around some heavy lures with no problems at all!! Niiiiice If I get around to it tomorrow, I'll try to post pics of the pieces.