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Switching an STH 234?
Post 09 Jun 2020, 13:37 • #1 
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I believe that I searched everywhere on the Forum that I could, but I could not find anything about switching this STH 234 from RHW to LHW. I would appreciate any help you may be able to give me!





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Post 09 Jun 2020, 16:00 • #2 
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Just by looking and knowing nothing about this model, I'd say you can't. If the spring was attached at exactly 12 0clock then flipping the spring might do it. Maybe worth a shot anyway, ya never know until you try.


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Post 09 Jun 2020, 16:20 • #3 
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I have the STH lever drag in 2 sizes - all STH drag reels use the same ratchet plate clutch.
The ratchet is the entire clutch - the pancake drag applies the same tension in both directions - the Medalist style ratchet plate lets the spool glide in wind and pins it to the pancake drag in pay.
You simply need to flip the ratchet plate.


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Post 09 Jun 2020, 16:42 • #4 
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Ron, what is the purpose of the spring - slight click? Safety from free spooling if drag backed all the way off?


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Post 09 Jun 2020, 16:58 • #5 
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So Ron, you are saying I need to unscrew the two screws to get the black plastic thing off, then flip the entire ratchet plate over and reinstall everything? I will give it a go tonight and report back. Thanks!


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Post 09 Jun 2020, 19:24 • #6 
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John, the spring is just the noise anytime the rotor is turning, and it works either direction - in fact, I tuned mine to get the noise I wanted.

Scott, my reel doesn't have those screws, but that would be my guess.
Looking again Scott, yours is a caliper disc drag (like a car/motorcycle/airplane disc brake, also like Lamson LP, SA System Two) - it's the ratchet clutch that's the same between all these reels.
That also explains why your rotor doesn't have the pins that mine does to pin to the pancake disc drag - your drag doesn't need them.


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Post 09 Jun 2020, 19:42 • #7 
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Makes perfect sense.


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Post 10 Jun 2020, 10:04 • #8 
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Flipped the plate over and it seems to be working perfectly in LHW. Thanks for the information, Ron!


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Post 10 Jun 2020, 12:05 • #9 
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you're welcome


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