Mike's Reel Repair

trout250 · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: PENN 940

i HAVE A PENN 940 THAT i BOUGHT OFF EBAY, THE PINION GEAR IF FROZEN TO THE SPOOL SHAFT OR IS THERE A SECERT TO GETTING IT OFF. i NEED TO GET IT OFF BECAUSE IT WILL NOT DIENGAGE FOR CASTING. ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS JIM

Ken D · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

Hi J...is this the one? discontinued in 2004, if so. Parts therefore, will dry up in due course.
You should be able to extract the spool out the back door, and then, wrap the pinion with a piece of scrap leather belt, before squeezing with a pair of vise-grips. Then, support the pliers, and gently tap the axle till the pinion lets go. It may behoove you to spray with some penetrating oil ahead of this. Have something soft under the spool in case it comes flying off, instead of gently off. You may need to round off the axle stub, after tapping, if they used a soft alloy.

http://www.mikesreelrepair.com/schematics/schematic.php?url=Penn/Penn%20920,%20930,%20940.pdf

trout250 · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:26 am Post subject:

thats the baby, just wondered if there was something holding the spool or if it is corroded on, there was not much corrosion on the rest of the reel. but will give it a try Ken thanks will let you know how it turns out

Ken D · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

Hope it goes well. the 'back door' is the other side pf the reel.... I see that the LH side plate can come away.

trout250 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:19 am Post subject:

Gott her done, used an old baby diaper and a pair of needle nosed vise grips, had to wack the end of the spool pretty hard to get it broke lose and then a punch to drive it thru the gear. Looks like the reel may have been dunked at one time an not cleaned up properly. polished the shaft and the inside of the gear using a dremel tool an steel wool, oiled it up an works like a champ. again thanks for the help. JimC

Ken D · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:

Well done, Jim ! It's good to go for years to come. Yup....cloth is as good as leather. Anything to prevent 'squishing' the teeth on the pinion, or worse, breaking a tooth off.

trout250 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject:

that was my fear - breaking 1 off or squishing them together. But you idea worked like a charm. I being a penn I just didn't know if there was a secert to getting it off.