Bait caster drive shaft movement.

[Corey Yarish]

I took apart my shimano curado dc to clean and grease it. When I put it back together I noticed a increased amount of play in the drive shaft. It also makes a weird clucking sound when I reel it in. I looked at it  again and didn't see anything broken or missing. Please help if know why its doing this and how to fix it. Thanks.

[dodgeguy]

send to a pro

[Bankc]

Find a schematic and check to make sure you have all of the parts in the right place and orientation.  

[JustJames]

This is gonna be hard to diagnose without seeing the reel itself. How far did you go in the taking apart process? Did you go all the way down to remove main shaft and bearing? Amount of play increase and chucking noise might come from pinion gear and main gear not seat properly. Try to install pinion gear and main gear again. Make sure pinion yoke is in the right place. Also make sure mainshaft sleeve sit on the right spot (groove).

[J Francho]

47 minutes ago, dodgeguy said:

send to a pro

Ditto.  Mike at DVT can get it working.

http://www.delawarevalleytackle.com/

 

[mrpao]

I would check the pinion gear yoke. Sometimes its easy to put it in backwards. And the reel will partially still work.