Trophy Tyee QR Mooching Reel Freespool/Drag Issue - Problem Solved.

[Girica]

Hey folks, I've got an approx 8 year old Trophy Tyee QR mooching reel with a funny issue that I'm trying to troubleshoot but can't find any info online anywhere. I reeled in a coho last night and then went to send the gear back down and something goofed with the drag to freespool switch. Basically it's in permanent freespool - no matter which direction the switch is facing it won't lock back into the drag state. I opened it up to inspect and fool around with the mechanism but I can't seem to figure it out.

I attached a picture of what mine currently looks like, and I'm hoping someone can open there's up to share a picture with me of what it should look like, and I'll try to replicate that on my end. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

[PEETZcanada]

It could be as simple as a maintanence issue or your spring. if you are in the Victoria area, bring it into Peetz and I will trouble shoot it for you.
It also looks like you have some wear on your stop pal.

 

[RBL]

 

[Girica]

Peetz - appreciate the help, I'm living on the sunshine coast with no shops around here to bring it in to.

RBL - thanks, ya I saw that vid and tried to mimic what he did but my model is different and it didn't work. Note his large visible spring which mine doesn't have.

 

[wolf]

i dont see the spring that holds it together . spring attaches to the far left set screw on your picture looks like its missing

 

[RBL]

Peetz - appreciate the help, I'm living on the sunshine coast with no shops around here to bring it in to.

RBL - thanks, ya I saw that vid and tried to mimic what he did but my model is different and it didn't work. Note his large visible spring which mine doesn't have.

Just looking at it is there a broken spring under the right side screw?

 

[Girica]

This is the only spring on mine, attached to the far right screw. Removed the other pieces above to show.
Not sure if it's broken or not, but no pieces were dislodged/floating around when i first opened the reel up.

 

[PEETZcanada]

This is the only spring on mine, attached to the far right screw. Removed the other pieces above to show.
Not sure if it's broken or not, but no pieces were dislodged/floating around when i first opened the reel up.

You could try backing off the spring retainer screw, repossision it slighty to put more preasure onto the stop pal. From the original photo it looks like the stop pal edges have been rounded from wear. If you have some scrap brass sheet the aprox thickness you could make a new pal both corners should be sharp 90 degrees.

If no brass sheet is availavle then go to your local lumber yard and ask for a short piece of bundle banding from their scrap bin. It sometimes comes in different thicknesses, try to find a close one. It is generally black painted spring steel. It will be ok to get you by with good lube until you can get the new part to replace it. If your custom pal is too long or too short it won't work. You need to be as close to original as in size as possible.

 

[Girica]

Problem solved - thanks all. For anyone struggling with this in the future, I've attached a reference photo for how it should all be arranged.
Even though the fella in the video that RBL shared has a different model, and he completely removed the top pill shaped metal piece, the other metal pieces should be arranged as his are below the wave shaped spring.