Fishing reel repair

A friend asked me to have a look at a fishing reel that was wasn't working properly, handle turned but the spool was stuck at the bottom.
Never done anything like this before so decided to take some pics to help identify where the bits went if a spring or something pinged across the room!!

So I stripped it down and found a worn worm shaft, a call to Shimano and a few £'s later I was ready to fit the part.


I found I had to strip a lot of it down to get to the worm shaft. Lots of screws and parts so I kept them in their own little groups so nothing got mixed up.


Managed to fit the part ok and clean some grit out of the gears, greased it all up and it went back together fine, phew!!


All working fine and running as good as new!!

 

Nicely done!

Digital cameras are the greatest thing since sliced bread for working on something like this. Nothing like a "before" photo to show you where that funky bracket goes.

 

Yep, before I had a digital camera I would do a little sketch of things with lots of little fiddly parts, so much easier now, although the camera doesn't help when a spring flies across the kitchen and down the back of a cupboard

 

Well done. Your post reminds me of a Wheeler Dealer episode.

 

Funny you should say that, although not vehicle related, I do buy a lot of stuff to repair, clean etc and then sell on. My dad was the same and I seem to have a pretty good eye for finding stuff just like he did

 

Great work man! You pretty much need to document these types of repairs. All this new fangled tech in fishing reels makes disassemble cumbersome.
I remember my first baitcasting reel I felt like I needed a degree just to spool the line!

 

These Shimano reels are very well made, good internal parts. I took apart a cheaper brand the day after and there was a 'dog leg' lever piece cracked in half, looked like cheap cast/pot metal. Guess you get what you pay for!

 

Well done Warren! I have found I am the best at taking stuff apart.... not so good at getting it back together...hahahaave

 

I guess 14 years of stripping down, repairing and servicing boilers, ovens, fires etc has drummed it into my head to look carefully where all the little parts go Pretty demoralising when you spend 4 hours removing parts and repairing bits and then put it all back together to then see a spring or clip on the floor Back to square one!! You learn pretty quick that way