Reel repair parts?

[6poundtest]

Well, it finally happened to me. Flipped my bail back down on one of my Pflueger president reels and no "snap/click". I finished out the night with it last night but it was awkward. And yes, I flip the bail by hand, not by crank. Before I start digging in, I figured I'd ask the good folks here on CdC.

Any favorite places to search out small repair parts for something like this? Any places to stay away from?
It's been probably 40 years since I bought any repair parts like that and back then, it was send your money to the manufacturer then wait.
At better than $50, to me it's worth a few bucks to repair and maybe get some extras to have on hand just in case. I have 5 of them 'cause I like them.

[Alphahawk]

ereplacementparts.com is a good place to start. I’ve used them and they’re legit.

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[BobC]

I have two of them. Randy’s tip sounds good to check out.
Bob

[6poundtest]

I've bought lots of other parts from them in the past and it would never have occurred to me to looks for those parts there! Looks like they have lots of parts in stock so when I pull it apart to see what actually happened, I'll make a list and lay in some parts.
Thanks for the tip!

[Ketchn]

had a bail spring do that on one of them reels back when , fixed it and it did it again ,,,,retired it ....just saying

[silverside]

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[6poundtest]

I don't know what happened but I took the bail area apart, no broken spring, no broken plastic part, no obvious problem that I could see from the outside. Put it back together and it's working perfectly.....hmmmmmm.......
As though some part slipped by some other part for some reason and then rotating the spool or bail or just re-seating everything on reassembly I magically reset something. I'll take that, I'm not overly fussy but I will mark this reel in some fashion so I can see if it does it again on this particular reel. Interior lube in that area was still very slick and fluid so I don't think anything was dry and sticking.
I'll take lucky over talent on this one. Back in business, thanks for the suggestions folks.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Let me see if I have some spare parts. I have a box o junk parts