Soldering aluminum is supposedly tough. Filing the reel will remove a lot of metal. And both solutions leave soft metal behind that will only get scored again.

The best fix is to find a reel machinist who can install a hardened line guard. The guard will wear far slower and is replaceable if it gets grooved.

The cheap fix is to consider if there is a different way to pull line off the spool. I realize that sounds overly simplistic. But to get a groove like that, the line must bend around that post while you are stripping. Are you stripping line towards your body or towards the stripping guide? Is it possible to strip line in a manner that doesn't rub on the metal? If so, then maybe filing will be a sufficient fix.


Tom