Shell Knob area.....

??? I’m gonna guess that there is a wire crossed somewhere. 

9 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Not to bash at all but I bought two Presidents on sale about 2 years ago and within a few months of use, both broke in exactly the same place ... where the reel seat stem enters the gear case. Hopefully this was just a bad batch. I replaced them with Summit XT models and haven’t had a bit of trouble with them. Again, hope yours run trouble free for years.

 

I realize this is the wrong post but I figured that for the price of a Trion, I might as well grab a couple.  I'd been talking myself into and out of a new Tatula spinning reel so this was probably a much smarter way to go.