Problem with the new Curado...help me please Bantam

[pdt818]

Hopefully i can get an answer for this, but i took my new curado out for the second time in the salt and after the day was done i saw that there is rust already on the bar that the level wind slides back and forth on. not the worm bar but the skinny one above it. i have only had it for a little over 2 weeks!even with proper care and maintenance after every trip this happened. is this covered by warranty???

[Bantam1]

Yes this is covered under warranty. Its the same Stainless material we have always used, I wonder why you have rust? Maybe you need to rinse the reel a little better and apply some oil with a q-tip to the support bar.

[luna nueva]

I can vouch for pdt on this one. I was with him this weekend. That little bar got rust within hours.

[Bantam1]

I'll let Jeremy know so we can look into it. Its the same material we've been using for years so I don't know why it would rust so fast on this one.

[pdt818]

so what is the next step in the process? do i send it in? if so, what is the procedure for doing that?

[Bantam1]

Use this link to fill out the form and print it:


http://fish.shimano.com/publish/cont..._Services.html

State that the support is showing signs of corrosion and we will take care of it.

[Ryanlovesfishing]

Originally Posted by pdt818

Hopefully i can get an answer for this, but i took my new curado out for the second time in the salt and after the day was done i saw that there is rust already on the bar that the level wind slides back and forth on. not the worm bar but the skinny one above it. i have only had it for a little over 2 weeks!even with proper care and maintenance after every trip this happened. is this covered by warranty???

exactly same thing happened to mine..why?

[tommy261]

My foreman at work, showed me his two brand new citica's that did the exact same thing... I took them back to academy for him and they exchanged both reels... The district manager told me that there is a lot of the reels coming back with rust on the bar.. I have 4 citica's that have no rust on them... let me know if yall figure out what it might be...(bantam) Thanks in advance.. tommy261

[fishingcacher]

Are the bars made in China?

[sabine lake hustler]

What's the deal with the plastic casing for the worm gear on the new curado? makes it look cheap!! The front of the frame is too wide also, it makes it look antique! i guess i can complain because i bought two. i'm going back to my my 100ds!!