Penn Squidder 146 problem ......

[frugalfisherman]

I screwed up. Just took an old reel apart. No spring. Just the pressure of the drag washers hold it in place. Sorry it was just an idea.

[frugalfisherman]

I binged "problem penn drag star loosens" and came up with this. The guy who had the problem said this fixed it. Do a Google or Bing there's more stuff. Just trying to make up for my screw up.


It happens only when the drags are put in the wrong order. Specifically, the eared washer is on top. When that's the case, it spins directly with the main gear, which goes backwards when you pull line off the reel. So, then the spacing sleeve goes backwards, which makes the star go backwards. Voila! No drag!
The metal washers should go keyed-eared-keyed. There's a belleville washer on top of the drag stack, then the spacing sleeve, and the star screws down on top of the spacing sleeve.
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[Duffman]

Sorry for the shitty Schematic pic. Didn’t even think the drag pack could be packed wrong. Bought this off fleabay and just swapped out the drag washers the same way they came out. May have been wrong when I got? Reason seller was selling to begin with? Who knows?

Will pull it apart again and see what I got in there. Thanks!

[Duffman]

Nailed it Bruce! Thank you sir! Exact issue. Eared washer in wrong spot. Back together and working as designed. Pic of how it came out. Eared washer at top of drag pack instead of center