Lews KVD 4000 spin reel

[Chet C]

my son has the Lews KVD 4000 spinning reel, maybe 7-8 mos old, he tells me about once in about in every 40 or 50 cast, when the lure is casted about half way out the bail closes, any ideas what i can check for

 

 

chet

[dodgeguy]

Send it to Lew's for warranty repair or replacement.

[Chet C]

i called and the message said to leave an email about the reel, still waiting. is this common long wait times

 

chet

[dodgeguy]

These days it's common with all business.id send emails and keep calling 

[PhishLI]

On 10/4/2022 at 6:50 PM, Chet C said:

my son has the Lews KVD 4000 spinning reel, maybe 7-8 mos old, he tells me about once in about in every 40 or 50 cast, when the lure is casted about half way out the bail closes, any ideas what i can check for

It's unlikely that you'll find anything wrong. The bail is tripped when the handle is turned. Turning the handle rotates the rotor, which causes the bail's dog to encounter a fixed trip point built into or attached to the reel's frame. Occasionally a heavy-ish handle is randomly in an unfavorable position during the cast. Here, the jerk of the cast will rotate the handle just enough so that the dog hits the trip point and prematurely closes the bail. The same problem can occur on a baitcaster with an unbalanced power handle.

 

I had this issue with my Daiwa BG2500. I pulled the rotor and removed the trip ramp. Hasn't happened since. It's a meaningless part because I always close the bail by hand anyway.