Spinning Reel Spool Lips???

[bigbill]

I was cleaning, lubing and polishing my reels up and removed the spool and noticed a few burrs on the front lip of my spool. You can't see them but I can feel them. lt seemed to be from under the plating. But I'm not sure if it's a manufacturing problem or it happened while handling it. The few areas of roughness on the spool lip could easily Nick the line. I polished the rough spots out till there really smooth.

Do you check the lips on your spinning reel spools for rough spots or tiny burrs?

My spinning reels were not cheap. I purchased good quality reels. I never expected to find burrs or rough areas on the spool lip.

[J Francho]

 

Do you check the lips on your spinning reel spools for rough spots or tiny burrs?

 

Yes, it's something I pay close attention to.  It's pretty easy to nick them, especially if they are aluminum.  Nicks are usually accidental from mishandling - setting your pole on something hard or rough while handling a fish.  If I find a nick, I try and polish it out with my Drremel tool.  Otherwise, if the nick is bad enough to damage your line on the cast, you'll have to replace the spool.

[War Eagle 44]

I agree, this is definitely something you need to keep an eye on. I try to take good care of and be very careful with all my gear but I still had one spinning reel that "developed" a few dings in the spool lip. I, like J Francho, used my rotary tool and polishing compound to correct the problem. I now check for this more frequently. 

[tholmes]

Yes, it's something I pay close attention to.  It's pretty easy to nick them, especially if they are aluminum.  Nicks are usually accidental from mishandling - setting your pole on something hard or rough while handling a fish.  If I find a nick, I try and polish it out with my Drremel tool.  Otherwise, if the nick is bad enough to damage your line on the cast, you'll have to replace the spool.

Yep^ I check them on a regular basis, and polish out any rough spots.

 

Tom

[michang5]

I had a tiny scuff on my spinning spool. I grabbed my wife's emery board (the soft foam kind) and gave it a quick buff. Back in business.

 

Repeat: Not a metal nail file! Something like this: http://www.nailfileprinting.co.uk/communities/7/004/008/287/507/images/4537552201.jpg

 

Doesn't have to be pink, of course.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

This is an area always inspected when I service a spinning reel. Not only nicks but caked on residue and such can cause friction.

[bigbill]

My rough area wasn't visible at all. If I ran my finger over it too fast it wasn't felt. When I ran my finger slow over it felt more longer of an area than it was. It actually felt like it was under the plating. I didn't see and marks on the plating. Either was we need to fix it.

I been feeling the same kind of marks in my line. I'm not sure if it's abrasions, the acid rain or caused by the condition of the water quality. But it's with any mono or copolymer line. I feel this roughness down inside the unused line in the spool too. Can the poor quality of the water cause this? Have you seen this line problem? It feels like there is mini or micro chunks missing out of my line. It's like the line is deteriorating. Do you feel this happening to your line too?

I do notice at some places I fish at the line needs to be changed sooner because of this deteriorating happening sooner much faster. I'm not sure if it happens faster during the rain.

[SirSnookalot]

Just about all the time I'm fishing with 1 rod and the others are in rod holders or standing up some place on shore, haven't had the need to address a burr problem.  

[Capt.Bob]

Every time out, I've seen guy's blame bad line for break offs, when they were the problem using a damaged spool lip on a spinning reel, line guides will do the same thing of one is cracked or broken, these things are on a daily check list. 

[bigbill]

It appeared that this bad area was plated over. I need to inspect my other reels of the same model. I have like ten of them. If more are found in this same condition we have a problem. I have some of these reels New in boxes too.

[The Rooster]

My rough area wasn't visible at all. If I ran my finger over it too fast it wasn't felt. When I ran my finger slow over it felt more longer of an area than it was. It actually felt like it was under the plating. I didn't see and marks on the plating. Either was we need to fix it.I been feeling the same kind of marks in my line. I'm not sure if it's abrasions, the acid rain or caused by the condition of the water quality. But it's with any mono or copolymer line. I feel this roughness down inside the unused line in the spool too. Can the poor quality of the water cause this? Have you seen this line problem? It feels like there is mini or micro chunks missing out of my line. It's like the line is deteriorating. Do you feel this happening to your line too?I do notice at some places I fish at the line needs to be changed sooner because of this deteriorating happening sooner much faster. I'm not sure if it happens faster during the rain.

If you feel this in the unused portion of the line on the spool this could be damage caused when you spooled the line on. Normally the line doesn't contact the spool lip much, if at all, during line filling, but it's something to look at.

I check all areas my line comes in contact with, spool lip, bail wire, and line roller, as well as guides on the rod. Even places that the line doesn't normally touch like the reel body. If there's a nick there from sitting it on a rock and I get one of those line messes where I have to strip some off and rewind (due to wind knots, carelessness on my part, whatever the cause) and I let it rub against some rough area on my reel then it will nick the line. I normally use 200 grit sandpaper to just dress it up when servicing the reel but I might have to grab a few of those emery boards to carry in my tackle for field dressings.

[bigbill]

One area I used fine grit sand paper then I polished it with the Simi-Chrome polish till the area is very smooth.

[SirSnookalot]

As careful as one can be nicks can and will occur.  Fishing 7 days a week with nothing but spinning gear for a solid 10 years I've yet to have a nick cause any line damage, running the gamut from inexpensive to the $200+ level.  I've yet to address a nick, not that's a bad idea I just don't do it.  I also never use the hook keeper on a rod, just hook my lure on the bottom guide, never had a nick there either, placing the hook on the foot of the guide is a better idea, I just get lazy about it.