Rotated magnets on Daiwa pixy

[jimmyb]

any one ever have the magforce magnets rotate out of place on their pixy? I have two of them that i have lots of fishing time on. Casting distance on both of them have been down. I thought it was bearings, so changed them out. Still no improvement. I was playing with the magforce control and noticed it had basically no effect on casting distance or spool speed.

Finally i was dorking with cleaning the magnets and saw the alignment marks between the magnet and the plastic housing were not lined up. Lined them up properly and it is now casting better than it has for years (new bearings help!)

I loctited the magnet back in the correct orientation

here is a pic showing the marks

[hoohoorjoo]

Those marks should be lined up when the mag dial is set to "10". That's how I always remember how it goes when I re-assemble. Unless you mean that the magnets actually broke loose from where they are mounted. The internal magnet is fixed and the external ring is held in place by the cage that attaches the sideplate to the frame.

[jimmyb]

yes, outer magnet (grey ring) broke loose from housing (black ring). It would spin as i rotated the dail! in effect it was always staying on 10!

[hoohoorjoo]

yes, outer magnet (grey ring) broke loose from housing (black ring). It would spin as i rotated the dail! in effect it was always staying on 10!

I figured that's what you meant.I saw the same thing on a TD-Z once. I put a couple of TINY drops of Gorilla Glue on the bottom edge of the frame and clamped the magnet in place til it dried. It still works fine 2 years later.

[cst]

One of my two Silver Micas had brake issues too.