Need a pinion gear approx 7/16" diameter - straight teeth

[Paul M]

I need a pinion gear approx 7/16" diameter with straight teeth. This is for a seldom seen Canadian level-wind reel called a Never Miss by M.E.W. I tried several common pinions from my Pflueger/Shakes/Inglis parts kits but this one needs to be larger... around 7/16" dia. Not sure if this is a US made trade reel but I don't think so. I am including several pics in case it is familiar to someone. I guess the original pinion was stripped and the prior owner removed it, leaving me no clues as to what it is supposed to look like.

[john elder]

Paul, you will almost certainly have to sub in the whole set, main and pinion, to have any hope of them meshing together and almost certainly will need to come from the same model reel. I seem to recall that early penns were straight gears, as were early JVH... but don’t hold me to that. I’m awayfrom my reels for an exam at the moment

[Paul M]

uhhh.... the main gear is in a stack with the level wind gear and I have not yet looked at how easy it would be to separate the gears. Finding a donor, if this is truly a one hit wonder Canadian reel, is a low probability.

[g,h. block]

the gear in my finger is from the spool shown,and that is from an ocean city imperial star drag reel,that does look like your needed part but not up to 7/16.




the other gears are misc. some are 7/16 but the wrong configurations and would need machine work for the shaft hole and keyed drive if it was lucky enough to have the correct dia and gear tooth mesh.