Just bought a used 4 cyclinder third with 529 gears and spool and checked backlash, it is 20 thousandths when it should be about 6 or 7 thousandths. Good patterns on drive and coast. The guy I had check it out said to run it this way because if he tightens the backlash it will make the gears loud now that they are broken in.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance