Daiwa rotor bearing

[Bream Mad]

Hi guys,

Had a few high end daiwas luvias and steez which have this small bearing on the rotor lock nut, the idea being as the rotor turn its keeps the main shaft bush from turning relative to the main shaft. Although of cause the shaft is sliding in and out on the bush anyway. Seems like a waste of a bearing to me.

Any way the problem exists when it intermitantly stops and starts this causes an uneven feel to the reel, has any one had the same problem and what to do?