I took the reel apart this afternoon. There is a tooth broken off of the large main crank gear. When you turn the crank the gear sticks with the secondary gear on this broken one every single turn and locks up. I'll just go get another reel, I guess. LiquidSteel, it says southbend on side and then in big letters "catfish rig". Could have just been one of those flawed products that somehow made it through quality checks, too. Who knows. I am looking at some reels through Rollie's musky shop catalog.
Jim
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