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Dobyns Maverick Series Cranking Rods Built to maximize performance with crankbaits and absorb headshakes from large predators, the Dobyns Maverick Series Cranking Rods feature a budget-friendly design that's reinforced with Kevlar wrapping to provide a superior blend of strength and sensitivity

Featuring Daiwas SV Booster System, the Daiwa Zillion SV TW G Casting Reel delivers absolute perfection and provides an ideal balance between maximizing casting distance and precision braking performance

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8-strand is smoother, rounder, and casts farther

Here's a couple of photos showing the reel before I started disassembly, it's pretty dirty but not as bad as some I've run into: From this point the first step is to remove the 2 e-clips from the connecting link (oscillation arm), one on the main gear and the other at the back of the main shaft