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Anybody notice that the front reel seat is to small to accept the Okuma prong comfortably. I have wedged it in there, but it does not slide in very far. The reals feel like they are tight, but I wondered if anybody had any issues or fixes for the situation.
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Been using Okuma's on PST's at least 4 or 5 years without any problems.I may have a different model Okuma's than you.Mine are older 15DX models..
From reel prong only slides in about 1/8 inch. Seems to be to wide. Maybe I need to go to the grinder.
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Snug it up as right as you can...you will be fine
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That's exactly what I did ......Quote:
Originally Posted by KnightShadow10
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Had no problems with mine....just tigten them up
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I've tightened it down as snug as possible. I then zip tied reel base front and back to rod. Finally wrapped electric tape around zip ties. On the back I extended tape to cover the collar from loosening up. I had the collar to loosen one time without noticing and it backed out enough the reel fell off while fighting a good size cat that wanted my crappie crankbait. After that I can up with the above solution.
I still might go to the bench grinder. I seems that the front foot of the real is just a tad to wide to fit deeply into the real seat on the pole. I suspect about 1/16 of in inch on both sides would let it slide in deeper. May try on one of my parts reels this evening.
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I never had that problem, but last week, one of the metal slots on the handle that the reel goes in split in half.
Yep. That's what I was afraid off. Fit is a little to tight for my likes.Quote:
Originally Posted by duckhunter
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I cracked a seat last year due to the reel being too wide.
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Go to grinder it's to wide and to thick. Split to seats using the tighten up method.
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I used a dremel tool. It worked great.
Didn't even think of the dremel. That's the answer! Thanks slablife!
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zip ties and tape work well..
Used my dremel to reshape front prong of reel foot. Narrowed the prong by about 1/4 inch and thinned it by about 1/16 inch. Fits perfectly. Tightens down like they were made for each other. Took about 5 minutes per reel, and burned up 2 stones.
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