Just tore down my Daiawa BG for yearly maintenance and when I put it back together it's making a weird click ever rotation of the SPOOL (not handle). It seems like something related to the pinion gear but I took it back apart like 5 times and didn't see anything wrong related to the gear teeth or bearings. My best guess is I swapped some washers around by mistake and something is just a tad out of alignment but I really have no idea, anyone have any thoughts? It's completely cleaned and re-lubed so it's not like there's a piece of dirt or something. 

Id suggest looking up the schematic and checking every part. 

 

Sounds like you have something out of place. 

Just for giggles check the rotor and spool for stickers. I had a weird ticking noise on a fuego and was studying it and about to strip it down when I realised a sticker had become partially unstuck and was rubbing on the rotor. Removing the sticker solved the problem completely.

I have toren down and cleaned many reels. My experience when this happens is a shim (washer) is out of place. The schematic will tell you the correct order, most of the time. Sometimes schematics are not updated when new generations are available so you may have to do a little experimentation.  Most of the time, the shims between the main gear and the handle assembly is where the issue lies. 
 

Also, if the reel body is a carbon based material, over tightening the side plate can make the reel out of plum so try backing off the screws a bit until alignment is achieved. Then tighten the screws the same number of turns, in the same order each time, to secure everything. The screws do not need to be super tight. This allows for flex as you use the reel. 

Thanks guys, unfortunately the reel schematics do not really distinguish between the similar looking washers. First time since I've been servicing my reels I've had to do this but I think I will send it to DVT. 

47 minutes ago, MassYak85 said:

Thanks guys, unfortunately the reel schematics do not really distinguish between the similar looking washers. First time since I've been servicing my reels I've had to do this but I think I will send it to DVT. 

If you search youtube. Look for one titled "Daiwa BG Full maintenance and service tutorial" you'll see a excellent vid on the BG , a complete tear down. It's about 57 mins long.

I took my stradic 1000FL apart the other day to grease and oil. After I put it back together, it was making a rasping sound. I took it apart again to see what was wrong. Couldnt find anything.

Putting it back together, I didn't tighten some of the screws as much as before. Problem solved- no more irritating rasping noise.

Sometimes things just don’t quite seat fully and another reassembly does the trick. Contact me for further assistance.