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I am not too sure how handy you are with machining the spool and stuff, but it is a snap to do, and the bearing that is exactly the right size to fit the shaft and does not have a big outside diameter was from a Victa twin cylinder conrod, now whether you would ever find one these days would be anyones guess, the twin Victa has not been made for years and years, but I would reckon a trip to a bearing supplier with the reel will source something the same, I just found the bearing was a snug fit on the spool shaft, and only needed the spool machined out a tiny bit to be a tight fit, grease the bearing and your set for years of 499 bliss without the chatter, I do believe the 499 pro had a brass bush fitted to stop the problem. Now with all that being said, I am sure there must be a thousand cheapish reels around these days that will be good for beach fishing and almost be disposable after a few seasons.
Knackers, re you last para, makes sense and would account for the rotation - here is a schematics link in case you need one, there are heaps of Mitchells on here. http://www.networkdimension.com/gmschematics.htm
Mitchell made a few RH models, all ending in odd numbers.
I only ever had a 305, long since gone so can't comment on winding directions, but apparently the great majority of intended users wound with the left hand, the RH winders were seen as an aberation, I think! I taught myself to wind left hand when I gave up the Alveys, so I could access the comparatively cheaper and way more abundant large LH wind surf reels.
Cheers.
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