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All excellent input, I'll be very relieved if the issue would be as simple as re-seating the spool. Over the weekend I'll un-string, make sure the spool's re-seated properly and re-string with a mono backing on the line after inspection. If the issues continue after some testing on the water, I may have to take DVT up on their offer if I also have no luck finding a decent local shop. Very reasonable deal by the way, DVT. I'll inbox you if that's the case. If the same issue occurs again after ALL of that, yes, Ratherb, I'll be tempted to blow it apart with my 12 gauge... but then I'd wimp out because of sentimental reasons haha. Once again, thank you everyone, the timely advice is much appreciated and I'll keep you all updated when I find out more. I look forward to sharing some war stories with the members on this board, I'm always very happy to find a community such as this.

Good idea. I'll let my fingers do the walking and track down the closest shop that knows what they're doing. With all of the information on the web this has still been quite a head-scratcher. As long as I'm visiting a bait shop, I'll have a good reason to dust off the ol' catfish rig while I wait

When I try to reel in a cast, I'm turning the reel handle which is not gripping and turning the spool right away. That, along with a grinding noise while I spin the handle (why I thought it might be a gear). This happens even sometimes I cast without the screech. I'll rig up some mono backing, I can see how that'd help the initial reel screaming issue if the line slips a little bit, I'm just not familiar enough with the inner workings of a casting reel to connect the dots how it'd fix 'em both. Thank you for the quick reply.

Hello everybody. I've been having problems with my Daiwa Megaforce 100THS. I've had some issues with the reel screaming while casting. I first chalked it up to inexperience as I've battled many rookie mistakes learning how to use a caster. I had no clue about proper lubrication, which I had learned all about when the gears began slipping so badly I could no longer bring the line back in after a cast. This had happened after over a year of heavy-duty use and great performance. Luckily, even surpassing the warranty length, Daiwa had kindly informed me to send it their center in CA. They had returned it to me, after a lengthy wait, free of charge and freshly lubricated. This was at the very end of last fall. The "reel" problem (ha-ha) began occurring recently after only a handful of uses since taking the rod out of winter retirement. Since the last couple times I've been out, the reel is again screaming and a gear is slipping- just like it was a less than year ago before it was serviced. From what I've gathered weeding past the thousands of "how to not birds' nest your baitcaster!" results when Googling caster problems, is that this is very unusual for how recently it's been serviced by Daiwa themselves compared to the amount of action it's seen. Any ideas, anybody?