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    Stradic CI4+ 1000 binding up/randomly gets hard to reel

    I have a handful of these for crappie fishing and yesterday one started getting hard to reel. It was 28 degrees so I thought maybe it was freezing but it kept doing it even after it warmed up into the 40s. Some times it reels free then all of a sudden get hard to reel. I had an issue way back in the day with old white Stradics and there was a washer that people would remove and free up the old ones....anyway, and recommendation on where/what to look at? Thinking it may be an easy fix. For what its worth, this reels has been the loudest and sounds like the "driest" of the 3, since I bought it...
    Steve


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    needs full service and relube...sounds like a pinion bearing and or imulsified lubricant seizing. The washer you're referring to is a "friction ring" which I doubt is the issue if your hearing noise. Do not open without indexing the main and pinion gears. Dan
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    Send it to Dan....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukhntr View Post
    Send it to Dan....
    I am....just checking to see if it could be something obvious...
    Steve