Blightmike

Much appreciated!! Excited to use the reel and will keep up on the lubing maintenance! The analysis here was incredible!

Hey garroyo, I can confirm I do have both those spacers due to closer inspection with your analysis! Much appreciated. I really have little experience when it comes to looking at the internals of these reels. Also, can you please elaborate more on your definition of a “dimple”. I am looking at the square washer and not sure what to look out for. Thanks!

Hey garroyo, thanks for the response. I pulled off my cast control knob and looked under. I was surprised to see that I’m actually missing two little parts. Under the control knob is just a spring. I am missing piece 1696 “cast control spacer” and square looking piece “2224 spoil tension spacer”. Do you have both of these items and what piece is exactly the “dimpled washer”. I wrote down these piece numbers from shimano Citica I Manual for the 201hg model. Wish I could post a photo yet it saying the photo size is too big for the post. Thanks!

Yes exactly, also, I should have written hurt ego as well since this was a simple mistake lol. Lesson learned

Hello, I recently purchased a Shimano Citica. I’ve never used a high quality reel like this. I accidentally made the mistake of spool my reel entirely with the cast control knob tightened all the way since I forgot about loosening it. I did not notice it was tightened since I normally spool my reel and keep the line tight. Did I just mess up my reel from the get go?