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Well that is good luck, then all you have to do is fix the tip and dedicate the broken one to friends that like to catfish.....Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!!

jeronimo, The reels are so new that no one can give a real honest assessment of them. Why would you want to change out bearings on an already great running reel? Tight Lines!!!!

jb_adams, No comparison between spinning reels and baitcasters. Tight Lines!!!

Sure can for about 600 to 700 bills.

Depending on the rod's main usage, with a broken tip section you can just replace the tip with a tiptop replacement kit and reuse the rod just for cat's. It will change the tip action, if the rod had a fast tip it will change the action to extra fast and so on. If this rod was one that you used for bass then, I would recommend that you replace the rod. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!!

eaglesfn68, What's your budget??

skunked_again, Then anything in the 5.1:1 range was high speed...You don't need bearings for that reel, all you need to do is remove and replace the spool shaft end shims, and clean and re-lube the spool support bearings... Good Luck & Tight lines!!!!

Alpster, Ohhhh a Renzetti flechero, Only 78 in my shop, we have started to cool down up here... Tight Wraps !!!

I have had my S-L that I got here from Cart7, on every custom rod I own from 5'6" to 7'10" Mediums to Mag Heavy powered rods, it fits them all and balanced well. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

Very nice work flechero.... Tight Wraps!!!!!

Schaefer, Real good suggestions here. But Catt said it best, you need to have the reel setup right.... If you don't have a good balance between the setup of the reel, and the rod, line, lure ratings your using, nothing you do will help your casting. The proper setup must come first. Basic Baitcast Reel Setup 101 Plus lots of practice, practice, practice! Oh did I mention you need to practice... Just my .02¢ Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

No problem, spool the reel using the slight tension you get from the book, and don't worry about the article on the baitcaster. Set your reels drags to 1/3 the test weight of the line.Good Luck & Tight lines!!!

Place the line coming from the filler spool through the pages of a heavy book for tension, and keep it there until you have filled the spool. Then when you get ready to setup the reel to cast your lure, read this it will help..Basic Baitcast Reel Setup 101 Good Luck & Tight Lines

To open the side plate, loosen the screw head at the magnetic adjustment dial and twist the side plate up or down (not sure), and this will expose the spool and spool brake blocks, you can now remove the spool. If you have never opened a baitcaster before don't open the crank side plate, refer to your manual for basic maintenance for your reel. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

Lot of good combo suggestions here.... Tight Lines!!!

alabamabassman, Like Cart7, that reel looks to be in A1 condition, thus the reason for the high bid. Probably a few collectors driving the price up. For an angler using the reel day to day, I wouldn't pay over $60, just to bulky and heavy. One other point, they aren't as extra smooth as has been hyped in that e-bay write up. Just my .02¢ Tight Lines!!!

Shakespeare and Pflueger are the same company and they purchased AllStar rods. Probably the reason for the bag switch. Just like when Shimano purchased G-Loomis. Tight Lines All!!!!

No Problem

I sure don't, At $350.00 MSRP do you have one? In what way?

$146.95? that's pretty high for a reel, I still love the TD2HI reel. For a TD2HI Tourny Series Reel in excellent shape, what would you pay for it today? $146.00 back then wasn't much for one of Daiwa's cadillacs. Today (because the reel has been discontinued) I wouldn't pay more than $60.Tight Lines!!!

6'6" to 7' MHF to HF rod, reel 6.2:1 upto 7.1:1 6'6" to 7' MF rod, reel 6.1:1 6'6" to 7' Med to MedHvy Mod tip rod, reel 4.8:1 upto 5.8:1Just my .02¢ Tight Lines!!!

joanie707 Back up or main reel the Garcia has always been a work horse type reel (meaning it could handle most all that was thrown at it)....the 040005 means that it is a 04 run. The schematic for the reel is marked 04-00Tight Lines!!!

The work sheets I have on it.. Garcia Axxar 500 series Bait Caster, circulated 2004. It is a typical 5000 series round reel. Not real sure on the GR I would suspect around 5.4:1 but not much over that... Garcia® Schematics Tight Lines!!!!

one is a 5500C and is stamped 751002 = 1975 series the other is a No. 5000 and is stamped 947424 = 1994 series

Rich G, Probably a combination of oiled bearings and shim faces, plus the CCcap zero adjustment. Tight Lines!!!