My reel was running a bit stiff in spots on retrieve so I broke it down for a cleaning.  Now my reel is running smoother, however my anti_reverse is no longer working. What did I do to it and how can I get my anti-reverse working again?

Did you put oil and/or greese on the AR bearing? If so, clean it . You can use a very very very very light oil coat or nothing at all and it will be fine. any sort of over lubrication of this bearing will cause it to fail.

IaBass offers good advice above.  If you took the bearing apart to clean it, you may have put the inner race back upside-down.  It's best not to take the bearing apart when cleaning.  Soaking the assembled A/R bearing in a degreasing solution is all that is needed.

 

 

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Be sure the AR sleeve is right side (wide end) up.

Did you flip the switch?

Be sure the AR sleeve is right side (wide end) up.

THANKS!! Delaware Tackle. You were right on.  I had put the sleeve on upside down.  Next time I'll just send it to you for cleaning.  If it were not right in fishing season when I use the thing every day I would send it now. There are still a couple of metal washer/spacers that land on that bearing that I am not sure are in the right place.  One appears to be copper and the other steel.