I've just got meself one of these and |I love it but cannot for the life of me work out how to get the spool off...assuming its supposed to.All my other pins are Youngs or Aerials and the spool releases are simple and obvious.The Adcock defeats me.I've taken the centre nut off to reveal the pin but the spool stays put.

Having blundered a couple of times in the past trying to "improve" things I'm loathe to do anything further & knacker the reel which is a good un.

Can anybody who knows about or owns an Adcock tell me how to release the spool so I can clean & oil it ?

On mine I simpy unscrew the nut and pull the spool off.  I had one back in the 80's too and that did the same.

Unless the reel sounds gritty i would leave well alone,a previous owner may well have superglued the bearings in as they should come off with modest pressure,best to err on the side of caution.

Removed the centre nut and applied more than what I think is modest pressure.Nothing budged.

Think I'd best leave alone but I dont understand why anybody would superglue anything.Surely that's asking for trouble ?

Reel spins fine at the moment ands I can't see how any dirt could get in but surely it'll need oiling at some point ? How am I going to do that ?

Grunch in a shed, what is that about !

Put some detail of yourself up if your going to have a pop, unless your to shy to show who you are .

Bob/Jeff

Thanks for that.For a moment I wondered if I was missing some obscure point but its reassuring [to me] that you both thought it was a pop as well.For the life of me I can't see what prompted it but there you go.

For those that care I have decided to leave well alone because the reel runs well enough as it is.For those that dont then I wish you and your shed well and hope you and your reels will be very happy.

I'm not a reel specialist or an engineer.I'm an angler and I thought that's what this forum was all about.

Brian

Chavender

Thank you,thats much appreciated.Sooner or later I'm sure I shall need to do something but for the moment I shall leave the reel & unhelpful comments from sheds well alone.

Brian 

Dear Brian,

How are you?

I'm a "Stanton" fan even though I have been known to take the mickey out of "pins" before.  The Stanton isn't a pin in the traditional sense but a fantastic reel that has a central bearing.  Some pin purists advocate that the bearings will wear with time and use so are inferior to other "proper" pins.  Hogwash!  I got my first Stanton in 1984 and a second in the early nineties both from Walkers of Trowell brand new and both have been used extensively without one jot of wear on the brearings.

The reel basically comes in two halves, the back plate which houses the reel shaft and rod bracket, and the front plate which has the holes, handles, central nurled clutch which also has a screw slot in the middle plus the bearings.  To break the reel into its two halves simply unscrew the central clutch, NOT by the screw slot but by simply unscrewing by the "nurled" sides of this central clutch.  Once this is screwed right off the reel should be able to be pulled apart.  The back plate houses the central shaft and its only this shaft that needs a "light" oiling if at all.  The bearings in the front plate are sealed and its very unlikely that grit/dirt can enter this sealed unit.  Unless you are an engineer I would steer well clear of the sealed bearing unit and only use "teflon" bearing grease for any overal or serious maintenance.  The only thing I do on anything like a regular basis, and that will probably only be once a year, is to take the handles off giving them a good cleaning then replacing again with a "light" smearing of machine oil.  Sewing machine oil is very good.

 I favour the Stanton for trotting conditions using either toppers, sticks, avons etc and close faced or fix spool for waggler fishing in slower paced running water. 

By the way Brian, if any part of the Stanton is super glued it simply wouldn't work at all.  Did you buy it brand new?

Regards,

Lee. 

Lee

Thanks for this.When I've more time & better light I will have a look and see if I recognise what you described.The reel is not new but it is a good one and runs extremely well...its just that I like to know how things work and I'm quite fastidious about cleaning my pins after every outing because it may be some time before they get out again.Nothing is worse than caked on maggot dust !

I remember lusting after an Adcock in my youth but they were too expensive for me then and I wasn't brought up on pins.The first reel I ever owned was an Intrepid Monarch and once I'd graduated onto a mitchell 300 it was fixed spools from then on,largely because of the sort of fishing I did.But I dont get out as much as I'd like anymore [bloomin kids] so I like to make the most of my time and enjoy what I do and how I do it.Hence my current love of pins not because I am a fabulous Wallis caster but because they are just so nice to use when its right to use them....well,I think so and I enjoy it so I dont care what anybody else thinks !

I haven't actually used the AS yet but I'm itching to.I have more pins than I need but who cares and I dont yet have a true favourite because they all do different jobs for me.Discounting the "display" pieces the ones I use include.

Youngs Purist Wide drum : Float on lakes mainly.Carp & tench.Well built & a good all-rounder

Youngs BJ : "Heavy" Trotting.Bit highly strung IMO.Needs a good slap occasionally.Not sure about this one.Looks the part but a bit overated performance wise in my experience.

Greys Bewick : "Light" trotting.A wonderfully light reel.Very well behaved.

Free Sprit Aerial copy : Barbelling.A bit of a yobbo but honest and hard working.

 So quite where the AS will fit in I'm not sure but it certainly seems robust enough for a bit of barbelling yet smooth enough to trot with.It has presence and is beautifully enginered.I really like it and it is a good one.

Funnily enough the most free running of all my pins is a manky looking old Speedia which I've never actually fished with but which spins happily for over 2 minutes.

I'll let you know how I get on with the AS.

Brian

thats incredible Grouch in a shed one comment and gone !

I was told that a true centre pin dont need oiling just cleaning

and centre pins with bearings do need oiling

have I been bullsh*tt*d ??