Clicking in freespool on penn int. 80sw

poisello · 06-14-2009, 09:21 AM

Maybe Alan may be able to answer this question.

I saw the articles about rebuilding a bunch of reels and Alan talks about freespool. What impulse (and how) do you give to the spool to be sure to measure on the same basis ?

After all my questions on my old penn int. 80sw's I'm now on my reels for restauration and tried freespool. It lasts max. 12 seconds but gives a clicking sound while turning like a train running over rail joints... what may that be ??

Thanks in advance and thank you for your articles which are all very helpful !!

Van Wildonher · 07-08-2009, 11:02 PM

Mine has the same thing. I don't worry about it.

Edit: Well a very faint clicking, I don't know how loud yours is.

ifish42na · 07-08-2009, 11:22 PM

Call Cal or Eric Sheets at Cal's 2-Speed, they will explain it to you. If you decide to send your reel in, they do all sorts of mods such as super freespool which will remove the ticking you speak of. They can also machine in a strip-drag position like the newer VSW series. Another option is a super-low speed gear. 626-357-4441.

alantani · 07-12-2009, 02:39 PM

they clang......

here's what i have found. there is a free floating stainless steel rotor (key #7A). in some of the reels that i have worked on, i can spin the spool in "free" and every time it comes around to the same spot, once every complete revolution, the darn thing clangs. annoying as hell. the rotor just sits there, until it hits that one spot and then it shifts position and clangs. does that sound about right? the finnor ahabs do the same thing.

to check for freespool, i carefully hold a beer and the reel in my left hand, then spin the spool as hard as i can with my right hand. if i spill my beer, i go back to the refrigerator and get another one. sometimes it takes several trips back and forth to the frig to get it right. of course, by then the spool is spinning all by itself!

http://www.scottsbt.com/catalog/stor...atics/80sw.pdf

poisello · 09-23-2009, 05:06 PM

sorry for not answering, been quite in full speed at the job...

thanks for your replies and Alan : the tipp with the beer is a good one

the clicking's ok, not very loud. Otherwise the reels are now in top shape again thanks to alan...

see you around in the forum..

07-12-2009, 02:39 PM	#4
alantani Bite me Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 229 Credits: 6,350.0 Occupation: pharmacist, poison control	they clang...... here's what i have found. there is a free floating stainless steel rotor (key #7A). in some of the reels that i have worked on, i can spin the spool in "free" and every time it comes around to the same spot, once every complete revolution, the darn thing clangs. annoying as hell. the rotor just sits there, until it hits that one spot and then it shifts position and clangs. does that sound about right? the finnor ahabs do the same thing. to check for freespool, i carefully hold a beer and the reel in my left hand, then spin the spool as hard as i can with my right hand. if i spill my beer, i go back to the refrigerator and get another one. sometimes it takes several trips back and forth to the frig to get it right. of course, by then the spool is spinning all by itself! http://www.scottsbt.com/catalog/stor...atics/80sw.pdf Last edited by alantani; 07-12-2009 at 02:45 PM.

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07-08-2009, 11:02 PM	#2
Van Wildonher I use a green machine Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 208 Credits: 848.1 Boat: Anything with an engine. Home Port: Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras Best Catch: 220 pound Blue Marlin on HAND LINE.	Mine has the same thing. I don't worry about it. Edit: Well a very faint clicking, I don't know how loud yours is.

09-23-2009, 05:06 PM	#5
poisello I Need More Posts Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 8 Credits: 172.8	sorry for not answering, been quite in full speed at the job... thanks for your replies and Alan : the tipp with the beer is a good one the clicking's ok, not very loud. Otherwise the reels are now in top shape again thanks to alan... see you around in the forum..