Originally Posted By: Hankster
What was the terminal end attached to? I don't think ABU intended for their drags to be tested on immovable objects.

The pawl on a Penn 320 broke when I hung up on a reef while trolling once. That probably explains why your levelwind won't track.

Pressure is pressure, doesn't matter what it's attached to.
Levelwind mechanisms cannot take that kind of side pressure, that's why they are absent on big game reels.
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