I have a 6500 that's giving me some trouble, and was hoping some of you guys might be able to help me figure it out.  When you engage the clutch, about half the time I will not release when I start turning the handle.  The handle will just spin until the trigger finally catches and releases.  I tore it down and cleaned everything up, hoping some cruddy old grease was causing it to stick, which seems to have helped some.  It hasn't completely fixed the issue, though.  Anyone out there have any idea of what I need to do?

 

Here is the link to the abu schematic page you may find your reel listed:

http://www.abugarcia.com/AbuGarcia-reel-schematics.html

 

@Josh Smith and DVT might be the best ones to answer your questions here. Seems like Josh uses exclusively round Abu's, so he may have experience with this.

Most likely the release arm is worn. 

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/timkelly/lasreel%20maintanence2.html

 

13 hours ago, jonathan creason said:

I have a 6500 that's giving me some trouble, and was hoping some of you guys might be able to help me figure it out.  When you engage the clutch, about half the time I will not release when I start turning the handle.  The handle will just spin until the trigger finally catches and releases.  I tore it down and cleaned everything up, hoping some cruddy old grease was causing it to stick, which seems to have helped some.  It hasn't completely fixed the issue, though.  Anyone out there have any idea of what I need to do?

Hello,

First, what year is it?  Is it an old-style or a new UltraCast model?  Is the tension knob on the side opposite the reel handle, or same side?

Start by cleaning it.  I've seen gunk keep these from releasing, but it really has to be gunked up.  Otherwise, it's going to be the release arm like Tim Kelly said, or if it's an older model, one of the dual release arms, though I've never seen one of those worn out.

I'll watch this thread.

Regards,

Josh

Thanks everyone.  I tore it down and gave it a real thorough cleaning again.  There was some nasty gunk under the pivot end of the release arm I missed the first time around.   Seems to be working ok now.

sounds like you have it under control. The importance of keeping reels clean is hard to overstate.