The anti reverse pawl on my calcutta 400b is audible under retrieve. you can hear it clicking across each tooth. what causes this? its a new problem and very annoying! any help would be appreciated.

Im going out on a limb here but I dont remember the calcuta having a anti reverce dog only a one way berring my guise is its the clutch bar not fully retracting after being reset from free spool

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No, it has one (at least the calcutta B does anyway) and I took the sideplate off and verified that it was the pawl making that noise. i don't know if there is a spring missing or what. judging by the schematic, i don't think there is one missing, but those diagrams are like trying to read Russian for me somethimes

fourbizzle,

Yea there is one there. It is the Assist Stopper it's a back-up anti-reverse system that reduces the stress placed on the one-way roller bearing to increase durability.

It shouldn't be audible. Have you taken the crank stack apart recently? I would check to see if the AR Pawl sandwich is gripping the anti-reverse rachet plate or not. It should be lubed lightly with the gear grease, and the sandwich should be gripping the plate just enough for the forward rotation to cause the AR Pawl to kick slightly up and away from the AR rachet plate, and then when the forward cranking rotation stops it should slide down into one of the cuts and help the one way roller bearing pack do it's thing.

Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!  

DOH!

Yes I did have it apart, (which I knew was the problem anyway :-/). I replaced the drive shaft bushing with an abec 7 bearing. hopefully that will make it a little smoother under heavy load.

I am sure that is the problem, I thought to add a little lube before, but I bet that the jaws are a little to open. I will take it down and try to close them up a little bit. THANK YOU!!!

fourbizzle,

While you have it broken down again. Check the thickness of the ABEC7 against the old bushing. If the bearing pack is just a millimeter thicker than the bushing, it will cause the whole drive assembly to not sit properly and cause some rubbing and clicking. Everything in that stack must sit just right as far as spacing goes.

Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!!

when i put it in i used a brass spacing washer against the drive gear. I didn't use a caliper or anything but side by side there was no appreciable difference.

with just a little more lube and and a little pinch, that clicking sound is gone, and after a quick pool test, everything seems ok. thank you!

Thats great...

Tight Lines!!!