newell rebuild

[dumptruck]

Yeah, it might not have been the fish, but so far I've only had this problem with the Newell. Oh but they are light in weight though. I guess it's give & take. Just have to "baby" them with extra TLC when handling them.

[Double Z]

Originally Posted by dumptruck

Yeah, it might not have been the fish, but so far I've only had this problem with the Newell. Oh but they are light in weight though. I guess it's give & take. Just have to "baby" them with extra TLC when handling them.

Nope. They are tough as hell. If you have a graphite handle and go for larger fish, you might want to add a Torium handle. There is a thread by Corb about how to do the upgrade.

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Alan. Thanks for the great post. You encouraged me to do a service on my 338 and I am very glad I did. There are a few things I have questions about.

First off, this is not an old reel. I have had it out on maybe 10-12 trips. It was purchased towards the end of last season and I rinse the reel off every time I use it and like to take care of my equipment so my 338 is not abused by any means. I have caught about ten 10-20# yellows on it and a handful of other smaller fish.

First question is about the drag. My drag washers are as smooth as a babies but. Is this normal? They look almost like the drag washers that are in this post. I was expecting to find something like the ht-100’s texture on them. Just curious…

Second, I think there may be something a little more serious wrong with my reel. It appears that there are very small metal or plastic shavings inside of my reel. I originally thought they might be metal but upon further inspection, they appear to be plastic. Nothing to extensive but enough for me to question if this is normal wear. In addition, you can see some places inside of my reel the looks like might be the source of the plastic shavings. I have made note in the included pictures. One thing to think about though is that the small shavings are shinny but very small and I can’t tell if they are indeed plastic or not. Thanks for the input.


Drag Washers


Shavings


Plastic Missing #1 in circle. Arrows point to more shavings...They are kind of everywhere


Plastic Missing #2 in circle. Arrows point to more shavings...They are all over. Not just where the arrows are

[reeljunky]

try a magnet

[alantani]

brian, the stock drags won't stay smooth for long. change out the stock drags for greased carbon fiber. as far as the metal shavings go, you can blow them out with compressed air, then check later to see if you have more.

[x-star]

Cool, thanks alan. Judging from your reply, I am assuming that what is happening to my reel is either normal or not that big of a deal. That is reassuring...

I spent this morning swaping out the drags for the HT-100's. I am pretty pleased with the smoothness of the drag. I had a little trouble with clearence issues with the handle/drag star/gear. I ended up discovering that I had my washers in the wrong order around the star drag and handle. Easy fix. So, if anybody is as dumb as me and is having trouble with the handle and star drag, look in the above pictures and make sure you have your washers in the correct order.

BTW alan, if you want to move next to me, there is a house for sale. Things would be much easier for me if you just lived next door

[malibu64]

First of all thanks for the great tutorial. I have a 332 in need of some tlc. In free spool, the spool is not turning freely like it did the last time I used it? I going to use the pics from your post to get disassemble and lube. Any thoughts on what might be wrong? I'm trying to get steered in the right direction since Ive never had apart.

[Stunner]

I've had my 332 for about 3 years. A month ago I caught a 38# Ablie on my 332. I had 30# Izor XXX on it and I was winching my fish in. The handle felt really flimsy, first time it felt like that. I want to change the handle to something more sturdy. Does the Torium handle fit perfectly on the 332? is there any other after market handles that you guys recommend? Also I want a more ergonomic handle.
Thanks guys!

[alantani]

adam, first guess would be the bearings. you can go to smoothdrag.com and get drags, grease, corrosion x and bearings all in one stop.

chris, i've got some aftermarket handles left, but they weigh a ton. they're the one's in the pictures. send a pm if you're interested. thanks! alan