Hi Waverider,

Well it seems that all your sprockets and chains are in good order so there's nothing more than adjustment and lubrication required.

Now as far as the reel and bed knife are concerned they most definitely require attention.

If you watch the following video you'll get this part done easily,

https://www.outdoorking.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=31688#Post31688

As far as repairs are concerned to the bed knife you'll have to get your engineer to do that. There still seems to be a reasonable amount of material on it for future machining but until you give it to your engineer for final assessment you won't really know. Most engineers will suggest a new bed knife opposed to straightening as it may well be the cheaper option.(cost of item versus hourly rate)

Do not attempt to remove the the bed knife from the sole plate yourself as whoever you get to do the machining work will do that if required.

The reel will automatically require 2 new RLS5 bearings to be fitted as this is pretty much standard procedure when machining reels as the previous bearings will have x amount of wear in them which restricts the tolerances used in the machining process.

Also I would let your engineer straighten the bends in the reel as he would have the best techniques in doing that. This is a job for only experienced players to tackle.

I hope I've answered your questions at this point of the project.

Cheers,
BB

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