Penn International II 30SW fishing reel how to service 

Excellent job working on that huge reel.

Ah, I like these Penn Reels a lot... 🤩.... as always great job with a lot of tips and tricks.... tight lines from germany

If you're a weekend novice reel repair guy, like myself, don't be afraid to tackle thease big reels. I serviced a Penn International 50 for the first time with the help of Dennis video with no problem. Don't get me wrong, I never would have done it without his video, but you can do it! The parts are bigger , but they pretty much all work the same.

Big boy reel! You did a helluva job with it. Can't imagine working on one of these reel for the 1st time. I think my brain would explode. 😂

Evening Dennis, I've never seen the process that Penn uses for servicing the International reels, but having fished them for over 40 years, whenever I service and remove the side plates, I put a dab of grease where the harness lugs are, a light coating of grease on the side plate to frame interface and grease all of the side plate to frame screws. Never had a stuck screw or corrosion around the harness lugs, which is a hot spot. (I also clean with warm soapy water after each trip) A lot of small shops refuse to service the Penn International's and for that matter the Shimano Tiagra's. Lots of parts which as you pointed out, can go flying if you don't pay attention. The drive plate that the drag material is bonded to comes as a complete assembly only. OBTW, you mentioned a bearing puller for reels. Boca Bearings has a puller that pulls bearings with a ID hole as small as 1/8' all the way up to 1/2 or 3/4" as a set for about $85.00. A Irwin ratchet bar style clamp works well for compressing the drive plate/drag assembly.

Great video! Thanks again!

lovely looking reels. i got an unused international 975cs that i dont use in my collection. its complete with all accessories as well. also have you done a fathom 15 2 speed lever drag (first model)

A penn fierce 4 8000

wow, what a beautiful beast!