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13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ?

Posted By: Falcon Lake Guide

13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 05:02 AM

Landed the first one . Then the second fish spooled me and burnt the gears on the reel . The reel is ruined no longer works .


Posted By: Rickmb

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 11:14 AM

If it is still under warranty send it to them.
The drag system is 22lbs and should be able to handle it.
Can you be more specific on how it does not work? Does it disengage the spool? does the handle still turn?
The reel has a carbon fiber drag stack. The resin could have melted. The reel should still work but with a locked up drag.
If it got that hot it could have melted the nylon cage on the anti-reverse bearing and locked up the handle.
Could have baked the lubricant in the bearings.
As long as the frame and side plated are good it may be an easy fix.
Posted By: the skipper

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 11:29 AM

Send it to a good reel repair guy and they can fix it up. Might need a few bearings or drag system but shouldn't be hard to fix
Posted By: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 02:16 PM

Academy
Posted By: COWBOYSFAN008

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 02:22 PM

I see you didnt skimp on the rod, the reel on the other hand....
Posted By: Huckleberry

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 02:26 PM

that reel and drag was made for about 10' long bass runs, not 50 yard King Fish runs.
Posted By: Bradley McCaw

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 02:30 PM

I would send it somewhere and get them to take a look. A king on a setup like that is alot for the reel to handle. Nice fish though hope its hitting the smoker for fish dip
Posted By: Txduckhunter

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/24/17 03:01 PM

Originally Posted By: Huckleberry
that reel and drag was made for about 10' long bass runs, not 50 yard King Fish runs.


Kind of my thoughts.
While it was cool, you might have taken a knife to a gunfight......
Posted By: Brandon Potter

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/25/17 12:13 AM

Had a couple of their reels, and I wont own another. just don't like them..
Posted By: redmojo

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/25/17 02:19 AM

Nothing wrong with the reels, just my opinion. Their high end are amazing.
Posted By: Bayou Burner

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/25/17 02:30 AM

Aluminum worm gears and main gears= junk
Posted By: hurricanecraig

Re: 13 fishing concept burnt gears / thoughts ? - 07/26/17 05:53 AM

13 Fishing's customer service is terrible. Good luck.
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