newell side plates

Cracked the damn sideplate on my newell 229.....anyone know the ramifications of continued use like that....can they be repaired? It's a red one to boot ...but well used...I'm not a collector...I use em and abuse em. Probably thinking I'll have to get a black sideplate eventually and make it a black and red

Thanks stinks Gene! You can probably find black ones somewhere. If not I’d just buy a blackie 229 on eBay and have some extra parts.

If you feel like fiddling with colors I'm sure it could be painted.

Gene - Put up a pic or two of the crack.

it's the side plate opposite the handle side...putting both sides up for reference..thanks for looking

I wouldn't use it that way. That's not just a crack, the thing is blown out. Something is up there. Either improper assembly or overloading, but where that failed is what supports the spool. No good can come of that.

I over tightened it 😵 and it is used by someone who could easily poison me when she finds out 😕

but yup it's shot!!

Sorry Gene, but new side plate needed. There's no coming back from that damage.

I over tightened it 😵 and it is used by someone who could easily poison me when she finds out 😕

but yup it's shot!!

Well, buy a new side plate and use her nail polish to paint it then.

I over tightened it 😵 and it is used by someone who could easily poison me when she finds out 😕

but yup it's shot!!

I’m telling.

I’m telling.

well I got a 332 she can use and I got a nice BLUE 220 but IDK about that one

well I got a 332 she can use and I got a nice BLUE 220 but IDK about that one

332 is a little big. I’ll buy the blue 220 off you and/or trade you a 229.

332 is a little big. I’ll buy the blue 220 off you and/or trade you a 229.

I can't even find a 220 blue listed anywhere on the net.....but anyway I'm tired of looking at it...gonna start using it. May have used it twice.

I damn near had a clear newell when they came out...had the damn thing in my shopping cart at charkbait but it got pulled back....it was like 179.00 and now like 1000.00 but I would have fished it....worth more for the "cool" factor 😎

I can't even find a 220 blue listed anywhere on the net.....but anyway I'm tired of looking at it...gonna start using it. May have used it twice.

I damn near had a clear newell when they came out...had the damn thing in my shopping cart at charkbait but it got pulled back....it was like 179.00 and now like 1000.00 but I would have fished it....worth more for the "cool" factor 😎

Let me buy the blue one. Please.

Let me buy the blue one. Please.

you will have first crack if I decide to let it go