I recently purchased the C oncept A and it performs beautifully. My buddy said it was making weird noise which I thought was normal. When I cast it makes a noise almost like a zipline or if you were to sound out the letter Z for a few seconds but at a higher pitch (that's the best way I can explain it). The casting distance isn't affected and it doesnt make the noise when I reel in or if I pull line out with my hand. I am using braided line I wonder if it's just the grooves from the braid running up against the eyelet that feeds the line out to the rod? That's the only thing I can think of. I've read up on it and some people say it may be the brakes but the noise is described differently. Any insight would be appreciated.

I have a lews that does that with braid. I thought it was normal?

probably the centrifugal brakes, its not uncommon.. take off you side plate and wipe one drop of light oil around the brake drum with a q-tip. 

If that's the model that comes with ceramic bearings it could be their normal sound as well

38 minutes ago, frosty said:

I have a lews that does that with braid. I thought it was normal?

I thought it was normal too, my buddy has the shimano and his doesn't do that with braid.

 

I'm posting a video of it when I get home to give you guys a better idea, I'll apply some oil as well

Here's the video:

 

Ceramic bearings. It's normal.

1 hour ago, Yudo1 said:

Ceramic bearings. It's normal.

Thank you