Still gotta look for the owners manual online... but when I was buying it the guy at the store checked it out and there was a clear/white plastic peice (brake) missing from the gears inside after he removed the cover... they replaced it for me and gave me the rest of the little plastic brakes they pulled from another box.

I think my biggest problem with overhand casting is not following through... also, I'm a little nervous that I didn't do the best job of windin' the line onto the spool and that's helped to create some of the birds nests I've been gettin'... I'll probably try to re-wind the the line back onto the spool this weekend. Might get one of those spool tools or spooling stations when I go up to BPShop this weekend... are they worth it?