it's time for a carbontex replacment drag washer for the tyrnos reels

rod27 · May 07, 2011, 11:56:38 PM

hi alantani......i took apart my first reel today....a new Tyrnos 50 2speed. No trouble thx to your website and the Shimano website as well. My question is how can i tell a good drag from a bad one? It looked intact, but in your last post u mentioned you have to pick at it a bit....well i did and it kinda came apart in tiny shreds with my nail, especially the edges. So how do i know? I will be calling both Dawn(again) and Shimano for solutions on monday.

alantani · May 08, 2011, 12:05:23 AM

a little shredding around the edges is normal. a bad washer would have carbon fiber threads coming off in chunks.

wallacewt · May 08, 2011, 03:17:41 AM

imo the most critical part of the reel is the drag.if you have any doubts what so ever change the washers.they are cheap.

alantani · May 08, 2011, 03:23:29 AM

i read on bloody decks the the drag washers have been sent off to the water jet cutters.

Dawn · May 08, 2011, 06:42:29 PM

Yes, he says next week if there aren't any problems. Will let you all know when I have them.
This will be for the 8,10, 12,16.
I won't have the 20 or larger, but I haven't really been asked for them yet. The stock material doesn't look as funky on those as the smaller ones.

Dawn

albacore11 · May 09, 2011, 09:08:17 PM

Hey Alan, you wouldn't think I would post bogus info would you?

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alantani · May 09, 2011, 10:50:17 PM

absolutely not!!!!!

flvol77 · May 23, 2011, 04:42:01 AM

wouldn't you know I just sold my four 16II - I would have kept them if I could have got a set of drags from dawn

Oh well, let me know if you plan on making a drag for the 30's

I have four of them on order and would like to replace the drag system in them.

Thanks