I bought a couple of 2500c Garcia bait casters that have the same problem. The tube that the level wind turns in, has a lot of slop side ways, back and forth. It seems that tightening the sides would take care of the problem. But the sides are tight, and every thing on the reel works, very smoothly, and correctly. I have owned several of the c series reels before, and don’t recall ever having noticed this, with them. They both cast, and reel in fine, and also the drag.
Anyone got any ideas?