Hey guys, I bought a new Penn 114H reel off of Ebay a few months ago. I put line on it today but, there is a distinctive knock in the crank. It happens everytime I wind and the handle hits the down position. It sound really bad. Can anyone help?
This is not good. You may have a bad tooth on the main gear, but if you're lucky, there's something -- crud, sand, etc. -- wedged between two teeth on the main gear. I'm guessing it's the main gear because you say it happens when the handle is down which would be when a particular part of the main gear meshes with the pinion. If you need a new main gear, you'll need t replace the pinion as well.