Shimano Calais200A vibration
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Shimano Calais200A vibration
When I saw Phil M’s question about the rubbing noise I thought I’d ask about my reel with a somewhat similar issue.
I inherited my dad’s Shimano Calais CL200A and it worked well for years. I decided to replace all the bearings and give it a good once over. I put it all back together and when I tighten the cast control knob, I feel – and hear - a slight vibration. The tighter I turn the knob the worse the vibration becomes. I disassembled the reel several times to look for anything that may cause this, but I don’t see anything obvious. In fact, now it’s worse than when it first occurred. The vibration I feel makes me think that the teeth on the main gear aren’t meshing, but I don’t see anything wrong with that gear. Also, the vibration is constant as I turn the crank. Conversely, after I tighten the cast control knob to make the vibration happen, it will diminish when I loosen the turnkey spool access on the side plate. So, it appears that when I adjust pressure to the spool from either side the vibration changes.
If anyone has any thoughts on what might be causing this I’d sure like to hear them. I really like this reel and it holds great sentimental value for me. I’d hate to have to put this on the shelf.
I inherited my dad’s Shimano Calais CL200A and it worked well for years. I decided to replace all the bearings and give it a good once over. I put it all back together and when I tighten the cast control knob, I feel – and hear - a slight vibration. The tighter I turn the knob the worse the vibration becomes. I disassembled the reel several times to look for anything that may cause this, but I don’t see anything obvious. In fact, now it’s worse than when it first occurred. The vibration I feel makes me think that the teeth on the main gear aren’t meshing, but I don’t see anything wrong with that gear. Also, the vibration is constant as I turn the crank. Conversely, after I tighten the cast control knob to make the vibration happen, it will diminish when I loosen the turnkey spool access on the side plate. So, it appears that when I adjust pressure to the spool from either side the vibration changes.
If anyone has any thoughts on what might be causing this I’d sure like to hear them. I really like this reel and it holds great sentimental value for me. I’d hate to have to put this on the shelf.
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Re: Shimano Calais200A vibration
Could the new bearings be slightly larger than the originals? Maybe swap the old ones back in to check if the new bearings may be the culprit. Sounds like something isn’t getting back into place right.
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Re: Shimano Calais200A vibration
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Re: Shimano Calais200A vibration
Not sure if I have the old bearings to swap back out, so it will be difficult to compare old vs new. I can try to re-seat all bearings. If I still have issues I can order new bearings.
This sounds like as good a place to start as any. Thanks for your quick response.
This sounds like as good a place to start as any. Thanks for your quick response.
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Re: Shimano Calais200A vibration
Thanks Ron. I do the same thing. Pictures have saved my hide a few times. My phone is full of pictures of reels I've broken down over the years - literally hundreds of pics. I also try to hunt down schematics for all my reels, whether I'm taking them apart or not. It's only a matter of time before I do have them apart. I didn't have any issues getting this one back together and it's not the first time I've replaced bearings in it. It is the first time I've had this problem with any reel, which is why I was a little puzzled as to what may have happened.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!