Penn No. 49 Deep Sea Reel

[Brewcrafter]

All good advice above, and you probably already know this but since I didn't see it mentioned - Cal's Grease or equivalent for those drags!  yes, dry CF drags will work, but there are Terrabytes of info here on the forum about the benefits of Cal's.  Seems like a minor thing, but REALLY makes a difference - you will not be sorry. - john

[Landon94]

Afternoon guys, I rebuilt my reel tonight with the new drag washers and under main gear washer. It functions 100x better/smoother which is amazing!

However, the drag only has around 1/2 turn of adjustment and is tight! Any ideas? Didn't know if my under main gear washer is to thick?

Let me know your thoughts.

[Brewcrafter]

Could be a few things - here are the easy ones:  Do you still have the old factory drag stack, and can you compare stack height with the new stack?  It is not uncommon for an aftermarket stack to be different (both taller or short, and it doesn't have to be much) and require some adjustments to be made.  Also one common "Doh" (but you will get very little drag pressure out of the reel) is if that top "eared" washer sneaks out of the main gear grooves on assembly and ends up sitting on top of the gear.  It's easy to miss if you don't know to look for it.  Let us know, we will get you through this. - john

[Swami805]

If everything works fine and you're just looking for finer adjustment you could try a fine thread gear sleeve