Saamurai1500 i7

[Vulcan]

Hi guys,
lve seen elsewhere on this site comments about water ingress through 2 holes in rotor of this reel. Would those holes be on the inside of the rotor(bail roller side) if not where are these holes, also has anybody a quik fix for this problem.

Thanx
VULCAN

Have a look through the archives and you'll find a few threads on these reels. I posted about the exact things ages back...
basically, there are two small holes in the rotor which allows water straight through onto the main bearings, which is a recipe for disaster! Funnily, not allo the samuria's ia have seen have these holes!
I guess you could easily seal them with a lil silicon or arildite, just go easy on it. Its a real shame coz the line laying of the samuria is very high rate (never throughs loops)...so if the rest of the reel was good, i'd like the reel!:mad:
having said all this...i still use mine!
:D

Dave

Sorry I forgot one bit...
The holes are under the spool...
If you take the spool off, you will see two holes on the rotor (if your reel has the holes:rolleyes: ).

Dave

[Vulcan]

Thanx for your reply KINGPIN.

Thankfully my i7 doesnt have the 2 holes where you mentioned they might be, there is 1 other querie in regard to the freeplay
of the spool(grab lip of spool & able to wobble with little force).
Does your reel have this same freeplay, has anyone had probs when fighting fish?
l never thought(never had before), to check for this idiosyncrisy
on any previous purchases.

Cheers

VULCAN

I have had no problems at all with the reel. The drag is fine and the freeplay you mentoin causes no hassles for me personally.
It really is a shame that the reels have these bearing and freeplay problems as without them, they would be a quality reel. But thats what you get for a cheaper reel with 7 bearings!:rolleyes:
Funnily the people i fish with have Laguna's and Capricorns, and their reels throw three times as many loops as my Samuria...:D

HTH

Dave