Thanks, that does help. I need to take that off and look to see if there is a shim in there. I went ahead and ordered a couple of shims online just in case. Never hurts to have spare parts anyway. I also picked up some reel grease and will be disassembling the reel so I can get everything greased up...

Way back when, when I was a kid, my grandpa gave me a Mitchell 330 reel. I have been using it since. Not as much as I got older, but recently took it back out, and when I got home decided it needed some tlc. So I have disassembled it, and there was no shim on the pinion gear. I notice that the rotat...