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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:57:08 +0100
To: cherf@ci*.co* (Scott Cherf), sadavis@ib*.ne*
From: m87stme@mt*.ch*.se* (Sten Meyer)
Subject: Re: Dive Rite
Cc: afn35346@fr*.uf*.ed*, techdiver@terra.net

At 08.02 95-11-21, Scott Cherf wrote:
>Get a couple of box wrenches and loosen the nylock on the axle about 1/4
>to 1/2 turn.  The new reels come with these nuts too tight and after about
>10 minutes of use they bind up.  Once you back off the nut, it stops
>happening.  I spent 15 minutes cranking line back in by turning the whole
>hub the first time this happened to me.  My hand hurt for a week ;).
>
>Scott.

Do Dive Rite use Nylon (TM?) as bearing material? Nylon and some other
plastic materials has a bad habit of absorbing water, resulting in
swelling. Unsing these materials in a mechanical devise for UW-use
is bad engineering.

/Sten

/Sten Meyer

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