Where do you have your reels serviced?

[Rob929]

Can someone recommend where they take their reels for service, and how much (roughly) one might expect to pay for that. I have some older penn's (jigmasters etc) that could use a little tlc.

Thanks

[Iparker]

My father has used Ken's in Oceanside for a while with nothing but good comments. I believe he is down in the Harbor.

[bennofish7]

Its too bad you don't have Shimano reels, they have an outstanding service dept. up in Irvine. I dropped off 3 of my reels there and depending on the reel was charged $25 for my Baitcaster 4500 and TLC and $35 for my Calcutta.
They shipped them back in a week with the note that the Baitcaster was beyond repair so they charged me an additional $25 and gave me a brand new reel. All the reels got a complete overhaul, new bearings, friction plates, etc.
Great company.

[Useful Idiot]

Squidco. Or you could open up those jigmasters and get familiar with the guts. Super easy to work on, I rebuilt a jigmaster with accurate parts when I was 13 or 14. Good knowledge to have.

[Holy Mackerel]

Check out Alan Tani's tutorials on BD. The Jigmaster is very easy to take apart and rebuild.

PENN 500

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/penn/38950-penn-500-jigmaster-rebuild.html

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http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/fishing-reel-tutorials/

[frady]

Ken's reels in Oceanside is the place to go. They did a great job and put in some nice custom drags. I think for my Sealine it was like $25. Turnaround isn't to bad about a week or two.

[Bryantfish]

Its too bad you don't have Shimano reels, they have an outstanding service dept. up in Irvine. I dropped off 3 of my reels there and depending on the reel was charged $25 for my Baitcaster 4500 and TLC and $35 for my Calcutta.
They shipped them back in a week with the note that the Baitcaster was beyond repair so they charged me an additional $25 and gave me a brand new reel. All the reels got a complete overhaul, new bearings, friction plates, etc.
Great company.


Thank that helped me out... did u have to wait long.. and will they ship them back to you or do u have to pick them up?

[Quilted Germ]

I've had reels serviced at Blue Water Tackle in Solana Beach....sweet shop. Can take a bit of time depending on when the next pick up is, but I was happy...

[bennofish7]

I drove them up and delivered them myself, they shipped them back in about 10 days.