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Low Budget GT Reels

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Hon-Su Chin:
Then I suggest you take it back to where you bought it from or get someone to look at it. I reckon there's a washer/shim missing from under the bearing/bushing that support the worm or the cap to the pawl that goes into the worm is loose. Otherwise they will have about 2mm of play.

Damian Fantozzi:
Hon-su

thanks for the reply i just measured the play and it is in fact 2mm, if thats normal im now happy

cheers

Hon-Su Chin:
NO!! 2m is far to much. Normal is max 1mm. The main gear needs to be re-shimmed. Otherwise gear wear will be accelerated.

As for the line lay.....that would be its worm drive.....something is playing up, either the worm itself or the pawl damaged. Get someone to check it out.

IF possible, can you please post a pic up of the spool with the wavy line lay?

Graham Scott:
Kevin,
I'm still trying to break 2 Daiwa sealine bull 6000's so I can get a "real" reel. But to date they are working fine. 1 is up to about 15 GT's. I doubt they would last a week on a charter, but for incidental use they have survived. I think a lot of the mid range reels will do OK, such as saragosa and saltist. I also have a pflueger that has also done OK on GT's (can't remember the size)
Like Travis said "No GT's around Yeppoon" but a GT rig also works really well for mackerel, tuna and other pelagics.

Chris Webster:
I'm waiting for someone to say it..........

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