I bought an Okuma Azul 70 about 5 years ago and wore out the stainless steel main gear and brass pinion. Okuma fixed it no problems but I had to pay $10 postage to send it to them. I thought that wasn't bad service. Whether or not the gears should have worn out is another question as I don't use the reel all that often. As a comparison, I used an Abu Cardinal for 15 years before buying the Okuma and that's still working okay.