Lews sside plate stuck

[Gottogo49]

Originally Posted by specknation

A guy that has a reel cleaning business that use to work for shimano told me the worst thing to do is spray them down with water, that just puts the salt further into the reel and keeps water in the reel which is bad. He told me to use windex, just spray the reel down with the windex then use baby wipes or a clean cotton rag to clean the reel. I have been doing this for 2 years or so without any problems. It is a good idea to break the reel down every 3 or 4 trips to clean inside a little, they have a youtube video of shimano techs showing basic reel cleaning real easy to do.

That is a good series of three youtube videos on cleaning Shimanos.
I did a good job on my Curado 50 E so I jumped on the 200 G.
Took the handle off and the star drag when whoopee out poops a tiny little spring and post. In the video he said that wouldn't happen, oh well, got it all back together and it still works, Yea!
Have you ever seen someone in another boat cast on a cold clear day?
There is a fine spray of water that comes off the line as it leaves the reel.
After a day of fishing, I have little doubt that salt water has permeated some of the remote recesses in your reel.