About a month ago I bought a Simplicity reel on e-bay. I received the reel and had no complaints, it was as it should have been. Then I started cleaning it. DON'T TAKE THE FREE SPOOL MECHANISM APART! It has a 1/16" ball and a coil spring I/16" in dia. X 3/16" long in it. That thing moves faster than the speed of light! I think it turns to atoms and reassembles itself out in the yard somewhere. I went all over that room with a magnet. Anyway I called on Milton Lorens and he sent me an assortment of small springs & balls. I found what I needed and it only took me an hour to reassemble the free spool part, working in a clear plastic bag. Just my hands in there, I know what you guys will say.
Can you immagine what it must have been like in the assembly room at the factory?
Don't do this ---------
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Don Champion
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john elder
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I feel your pain re those little springs...it can also be fun exploring the bowels of an Alcedo Micron, when you find those bearings that make it run so smoothly!