1 Garcia Mitchell 309 409 Reel Part 5 Coil New Custom Made Bail Spring

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I make these custom bail springs by hand in my workshop from stainless steel spring wire. I have been making bail springs for approximately 20 years for use in my various reels. They function like factory made ones and have essentially the same use life.  I’ve been selling bail springs on eBay since 2014. I’ve had a 99% plus rate of success with their quality. If you have an issue with the installation or function of a spring, please contact me immediately. I will work to make things right to your satisfaction.
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I owned and fished with 408 Mitchells for almost 40 years and changed plenty of the springs. The 308/408 and 309/409 bail spring are the most difficult ones to install that I've ever done.  My recommendations for bail spring installation are as follows: 1. Remove spool from reel. 2. Remove bail screw and the broken spring. 3. Loosen or remove bail trip screw and bail trip lever. 4. Put the new bail spring into slot in the rotating reel head. 5. Rotate bail forward and engage bail spring tab into the hole in the bail. 6. Bring the bail back into the normally closed position, while ensuring that the spring tab is engaged in the bail hole. 7. Screw the bail screw back into the reel head. 8. Tighten or re-install the bail trip lever screw and lever. 9. Test the bail to see if it works properly If the bail is not working properly, there are four things that come to mind that may be the issue. 1. The tab that sticks up into the bail is too long and is scraping on the screw head. These springs have all been trimmed so that should not be an issue. 2. The bail spring tab is not engaged in the bail. The bail will move but does not have any return spring action. The bail screw must be removed and the process repeated. 3. The spring is pinned between the bail and the bail post. This is easy to do. I did this on about half of the installations I did with my 408s. With this situation the bail will hardly move. The bail screw must be removed and the process repeated. 4. The last situation is that the bail is sprung. With this situation the bail and the bail screw rub on each other and reduce the free play of the bail. Here is an easy way to determine if the bail is sprung. Loosen the bail screw a little bit. If this frees up the movement of the bail, the bail is sprung.  If the bail is sprung, it will need to be re-sprung into a non-binding position.

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