Introduction

In this tutorial you will be shown how to teardown a Shakespeare Ultra-Lite 2500ULX fishing reel.

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    • First step is to locate and remove these 4 screws that hold the cover plate on.

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    • Find the cap on the top of the reel and turn is counterclockwise to remove it.

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    • Here is the the main shaft cover just lift straight up to remove it.

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    • Now the next step is to take the handle off and you hold the top of your line and twist the handle counterclockwise till its off.

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    • Next remove the side cap from the cover plate after taking the reel handle off.

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    • Once you have removed the cover plate this is what you should see.

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    • Now that the plate is off you can remove the drive gear by lifting it up out of place.

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    • Now that you have the drive gear out next you will remove the main shaft by pulling it straight out as well.

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    • Next you will turn the reel straight up and remove the pick up housing nut with a 11mm socket.

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    • Now that the nut is removed you can remove the pick up housing.

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    • Under the pick up housing you need to remove the 2 retainer screws.

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    • After that you can take the ball race retainer out and that allows you to remove the pinion gear.

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    • This is the pinion gear and you remove it being taking it out from the top.

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    • And this is all the parts you should have successfully removed.

    • Hope this is able to help and make your teardown easier.

Jacob Cienega

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