berkley spinning reel gears

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chrisham61
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berkley spinning reel gears

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I have tried to restore several Berkley reels that came after the 4200 series.When I open them up the aluminum alloy drive gears are disintegrated.Anyone else had this problem,what is up with this
nomdeplume57
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Re: berkley spinning reel gears

Post by nomdeplume57 »

Simply they are just CRAP,JUNK,TRASH,CHEAP,POOR QUALITY,SUB STANDARD MATERIAL, ENGINEERED to FAIL. I think they are made from PEWTER or pottery clay .
Other than that they are neat reels.
I have about twenty of them all broken .If you find a place to buy some in bulk please post it .....
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