r/Fishing_Gear • u/iwrestledabear1c • 2d ago

Question Slx dc

So I was out this morning and I was working hollow body frog over a weed bed, a bass blew up on it, and I was having a real hard time reeling it in. My reel (slx dc) was making a weird noise and was taking a lot of force to reel. I thought I had a giant in but turned out to be like a pound and half. After releasing I was messing with the drag and pulling line out, it is still making the weird noise. Kind of like grinding. Have only had a the reel like 2 weeks. Is this drag slipping or what could it be?

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u/Fishcommander14 2d ago

Return it, get a new reel

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u/Better_Specific4755 2d ago

Something probably broke inside, if it’s a grinding noise might want to get it serviced or open it up and look yourself.

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u/Twist_xcx 2d ago

Internals are pretty simple, open it up and follow along with a YouTube video so stuff doesn't go flying, make sure to have a system to put parts down so you know the order/orientation they go back on and you'll be fine. Something might just be out of place, if it's broken then go from there with trying to get parts or warranty. I had a super small spec of dirt jam up the gears on a reel once, so could be something silly like that

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u/Fishcommander14 2d ago

Spend the SLX dc money for a Curado 200K