Replacement Springs

Spool Cam Release Springs

This is a fancy name for the Spool Latch Cover springs. A firm, strong, stainless spring that will put new life into your Medalist. See “Pfine Tuning Your Pflueger” below for making that exact fit and feel with your replacement spring kit.

Suggested Retail Price for package of 3:   $6.50

Click Pawl Springs

Here is the slippery spring that we most frequently see abused or lost on the Medalist reels. They are famous for flying across the room or workshop while dismantling the drag systems on the Medalist—only to be picked up later in the vacuum cleaner! Keep a supply on hand.

Suggested Retail Price for package of 3:   $6.50

In the process of fitting your new replacement springs you may find subtle differences in the sound and feel of these new springs. This is due primarily in the difference of materials between the old and the new springs. The compression springs from older Pflueger Medalist are made of bronze alloy materials while our newer Spool Cam Release and the Click Pawl Springs are manufactured of a high grade stainless steel. These new springs will ensure a long life and maximum corrosion resistance.

To insure a proper and pleasing fit to any of the above spring kits, it may be necessary to grind a little off one end of the new replacement spring. This can easily be done by hand on any number of shop tools such as a bench grinder, belt sander, or even a hand held dremel type tool. We advise that you work slowly while grinding and shortening the springs. A trial and error method seems to work the best. Try grinding very small amounts off the spring and then fitting it to the reel - sometimes as many as four or five fittings are needed—until you get a pleasing and desirable feel and sound.