Is it normal for the line guide on a tatula 100 to wiggle

[Levi Berg]

I have a new out of the box daiwa tatula 100 and the line guide has quite a bit of wiggle. It spools fine. I just was wondering if this was normal.

[Hammer 4]

Just checked mine. They do have a Slight amount of wiggle, maybe 1 mm. All of mine cast just fine, despite the wiggle, which doesn't bother me. If yours has way more wiggle than that, maybe exchange it. 

[PhishLI]

6 hours ago, Levi Berg said:

I have a new out of the box daiwa tatula 100 and the line guide has quite a bit of wiggle.

All line guides have a certain amount of wiggle. Grasp the pawl cap on any reel and there's always a certain amount of side to side play, and there's a good reason for this. The worm gear/pawl doesn't exist in a clean space. It can get gunked up with plant matter. What you see as looseness is designed in to allow the pawls's fork to clean the grooves in the worm gear and express that matter, all without binding. Because the T-wing sits up higher on the carriage than a tradition aperture you're able to put more leverage on it manually. This has nothing to do with in-use operation. There's nothing wrong with your reel.

[diehardbassfishing]

Is fine. Mine the same.

 

Karl