IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR 450SS and 550SS Reels
Regarding early run and later run handle versions. | |
The current handles have a different pivot design, because Penn redesigned the main gear at some point. Early reels had the chrome handle, which has a hexagonal shaped pivot that slides through the main gear and is secured on the other side with a screw. The reels made later on have the 8-450 main gear, which is threaded. The 15N-550 handle has a pivot which is also threaded and screws directly into the main gear itself.In order to convert over to this handle, you would need to change the main gear 8-450. It is recommend that you change the pinion gear as well, since pinion gear/main gear wear down together - you would have to check the condition of your pinion gears teeth.
Pinion Gears are different on the two reels:
450ss uses 19-450
550ss uses 19-550
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