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I sure wish tere was a good local reel guy to take mine to. I'ld be willing
to pay. Seems like whenever I sit down and do reels I loose a critical part
to one of them. Fortunately most of the reel manufacturers are decent about
selling me a replacement part. Preperation is the key. Then absence of
distractions. I clear the work bench off in the shop, and turn off my phone
when I service my reels.

i also have missing parts and other various problems! what i did was
make a list of what part was removed in order , 5 parts at a time and
placed them in a baggie. may seem like overkill but i had already
taken apart my 2000 stradic into about 30 pieces and given up on
getting it back together. i took apart the 4000 stradic that was
binding , did a list for it and then reassembled both. a clean,
uncluttered workplace is a great thing to have! i need to get a worm
gear bushing to replace the one that is probably under the dinner
table! never did find it!