I'm glad you were focused on your family. We all have been as well. It is not an uncommon occurrence for someone to send in or drop off an out of production reel only to be informed later that the specific parts required for a repair are unavailable - whether or not it be a Daiwa, Lew's, Quantum, BPS, etc. We've even had Chronarch 50MG reels abandoned, for example, due to a lack of available gear sets and they get set aside in the parts bin as it wasn't worth the owners time or energy to attempt to track down obsolete parts, nor their effort or money to pick it up or have it returned. The only point of contention here is whether or not you were informed of this fact. Our point is that it was, you say otherwise. Fair enough, things happen, 7 years is a long time. I'm willing to go one step further to offer you a current production, far superior reel at a significant discount in a good faith effort to make you happy. If this is of interest to you, send me a PM. If not, I wish you and your family the best as you venture back into the fishing game.