where have you found the best place to purchase replacement parts? Southwestern Parts in Dallas?

Charged me more for shipping, than what I paid for the parts!

Southwestern Parts. It was nice when in work close buy. Shipping could be more than your parts.

go to Ebay and look for dads old tackle

Think Turbo Fred may sell parts! Not sure you would nee to ask him.

I stock a lot of parts! let me know what your looking for!

I stock a lot of parts! let me know what your looking for!

maybe u should order a oversized DRAG star, so you can adjust it lighter

He must have been using his Abu for an anchor again, because I've seen the fish he catches. None of them are gonna damage a reel.

Comedians around every corner.

I am thing titanium gears, that should do the trick.

Im doin the best I can. Maybe one day you two can show me how its done.

Anytime you want to put on something waterproof and jump in the ol flatbottom, I'd be glad to teach you. We will start with the basics. How to catch shad.

I order from Abu, off the schematic. I have called and received an account with them back in the day. knocks the cost of parts and shipping down. I am not sure if they still offer the accounts anymore

I do as crappienoob does .. first I go to their web site www.abugarcia.com and pull up the schematic off their schematic menu and then call them ... their number is 1-800-abu-garc and usually wait until I am out of some particular part that I need a few of then order a lot of them so that shipping isn't such a big deal. usually order 10 to 12 levelwind worm gears and a few of the platic gears, about 24 pawls and a few levelwind tubes and line guides and then I'm all set for another couple of years on that particular reel ... I only have two types and that's 6000's and 7000's and most of them are over 20 years old and still in use every time I go fishing. No telling how many fish those rascals have caught over the years.