Are the Shimano aldebaran mgl on back order?

I have two D's and my two fishing buddies have two. This past fishing trip the reel starting clicking as I was reeling in. Sounds like the brakes. I changed the brakes and the noise went away. Well now all the reels we have had to change the brakes and on mine I have done it twice. Are the brakes ba...

I have the 6.4 ratio and would like to try the 4.4 Can I just swap the gear and pinion and are the parts available?
Also have old Calcutta 400 with 4.7 and would like to put the newer 5.1 from the Calcutta B reel is this just a simple
swap? thanks Bantam

Yes... I stopped using it years ago thats why I'm using it for backing

Yes from the line...been filling reels with line for 35 years. I normaly would try and not let the line touch the reel but
due to the size of this reel I may have tilted the reel a little up when filling the reel.

Just received my Tranx reel and was adding Trilene 17" mono for backing. After I was done with the backing I noticed
I rubbed off the paint on the front of the reel. Really didn't think this would happen to a 500.00 dollar reel. Will shimano
replace this front cover 4459 thumb rest ?

Hey Bantam
I have a Curado 300 DSV that I would like to change the gears to 6.9.1 Can I get the Gear and pinion and any
other parts that I need to make this change. Do you have Part # thank you