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Old 05-01-2007, 05:39 PM   #1
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Shimano

It's time that my reels go in for a cleaning and to upgrde the drags on my toriums. I called Shimano, and they said that it will take 10 weeks if I send them in
The guy that I spoke to on the phone told me that a different crew takes care of the walk in's, so the return time would be 10 days if I were to drop them off at the factory. I would do them myself but while I was taking one of the reels apart last night, the clicker pin shot out and is somewhere in my apartment
My question is, does anyone plan to have thier reels serviced by shimano, and if you plan to drop them off, would you mind taking my reels in for me. If I end up driving up there myself, I would drop your reels for you. Another scenerio would be for one of us to drop off, and one to pick up. The main reason I prefer to send them to Shimano is that the upgrade would be free.
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Old 05-01-2007, 05:46 PM   #2
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I might be willing to head up there to get some of my TLDs serviced. It would be early next week before I could get there. Send me a PM on Thursday or Friday and I'll let you know if I can work it out.
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:41 PM   #3
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That would be great Doug
I am in no real hurry since I do have back up reels.
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Old 05-01-2007, 09:14 PM   #4
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There is a guy in sandiego who is a authorize chimano reel repair. he up graded my chimano reel and gave back to me in two days. His name is Glenn Pamaran.(REEL CONNECTION) Call him, his good. (619) 628-8187.
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Old 05-02-2007, 07:12 AM   #5
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There is a guy in sandiego who is a authorize chimano reel repair. he up graded my chimano reel and gave back to me in two days. His name is Glenn Pamaran.(REEL CONNECTION) Call him, his good. (619) 628-8187.
He does my reels also!! Great guy and fisherman.

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Old 05-02-2007, 08:45 AM   #6
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There is a guy in sandiego who is a authorize chimano reel repair. he up graded my chimano reel and gave back to me in two days. His name is Glenn Pamaran.(REEL CONNECTION) Call him, his good. (619) 628-8187.
Glen does great work. I highly reccommend him.
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Old 05-02-2007, 11:45 AM   #7
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Thanks to all who referred the local to do the maintenance. I just got off the phone with Shimano, and they are going to ship out my upgrade kits to me. If I can't do the work myself, I will take them to Glenn.
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Old 05-02-2007, 01:11 PM   #8
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Looks like you've been a victim of the Trinidad Surprise. If you will do the work yourself, check out this link for dealing with the flying spring-loaded pin.

http://www.allcoastsportfishing.com/...id=130048&page=

http://www.allcoastsportfishing.com/trinidad.pdf
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Old 05-02-2007, 08:16 PM   #9
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Fortunately, the spring popped out and hit me in the chest. I saw where it went and was able to retrieve it. I got one of those Reel Maintenance DVDs from Inside Sportfishing at the Fred Hall Show. I wish I had seen that before I took mine apart. The DVD has one of the Shimano techs demonstrating how they service various reels. There are some good tips on the DVD.
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Old 05-02-2007, 08:58 PM   #10
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...I got one of those Reel Maintenance DVDs from Inside Sportfishing at the Fred Hall Show. I wish I had seen that before I took mine apart. The DVD has one of the Shimano techs demonstrating how they service various reels. There are some good tips on the DVD.
Was it a DVD that you purchased or was it a giveaway? I would be very interested in
getting my hands on one.
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Old 05-02-2007, 11:12 PM   #11
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Inside Sportfishing Reel Maintenance DVD

It is a pretty thorough demonstration of how to perform basic disassembly, cleaning and assembly of several types of Shimano reels. It is a lot easier to figure out than those exploded parts views that come with the reel.
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Old 05-03-2007, 08:15 AM   #12
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For some instructions on how to service reels look up Alan Tani. He provides step by step instructions complete with pics for servicing many different kinds of reels. His posts can be found on BD and elsewhere.
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