Dogsnapper6

Yes I think your right it’s not something on it but something coming off and thanks for telling me it’s denatured I was using isopropyl alcohol. Thanks to you both I will live with it but won’t make hat mistake again

photo in B/W so it would download but try to look at side of trigger and right above where it’s shiny on the surface rubber. It’s also has fibers and more shiny sticky spots on entire front face of trigger. Maybe I’m just stuck with it but I decided to clean, grease and re lube all my fishing gear and I used a towel with rubbing alcohol to get my cork looking new again and it did a great job on most of them it removed a lot of dirt but either the alcohol or something that’s been on the rubber/plastic trigger and underside of reel seat now has shiny spots that are sticky I learned quickly not to get the rag with alcohol on that surface bc of the result you get a sticky trigger covered in fibers from the cloth and water doesn’t seem to help but I’m finding the same sort of spots on almost all of my rods and i just need to know if there is a way to clean that area of rods. I have recently used the alcohol to clean the cork but when I get close to the reel seat I stop bc I’m not sure if that’s what did it or not so yeah thank you so much in advance I’m kinda of an armature when it comes to forums and I hope that this thread isn’t a burden due to being done wrong I know it’s too long probably haha. I did try to look up how to clean hard rubber and There is conflicting answers bc one told me to use alcohol so I’m banking on you guys thx again having a sticky trigger sucks sometimes

Yeah thanks to you I got it open finally yes it’s a tiny screw I also started to get frustrated and use a screwdriver in one of the openings that makes ya think that’s what it’s for to pry on thank god I started thinkin there’s gotta be another way and found it here.

Did you ever find it and can you tell me what site or give me the link to the page ya saw the manual on I’ll try to download it on my pc and put it in pdf form for you if it’s right one bc I just received an aldebaran bfs XG limited and I really need the manual in English as well?

Hello I’m brand new to the site and the forum as of a week ago and looks like this is the only place that can help me. I don’t know how to work my brand new shimano Aldebaran BFS XG Limited it’s the one they don’t make anymore along with the core ive wanted this reel for a long time just got it today and realized I don’t know how to use the tension knob and the reel came with tools haha so I went to the manual and it’s all in Japanese if anyone knows where I can get an English manual in pdf or any form that would be awesome if not just a crash course on how to use this thing the tool doesn’t fit under the star drag so I’m wondering if I have to take the handle off and then it came with a hex wrench too that I have no idea how to use so any info i thank you for in advance.