daiwa saltiga LD 50 - negative report

[alantani]

[Alto Mare]

Nice clip boss. Just a question; Why would you need the side plate? Wouldn't a new cam help? Well in his case, he could use a new lever as well.
Those parts shouldn't be that costly, actually, as you've point it out the problem, they should be free and they should redesign that part.

Sal

[alantani]

the cam is hard stainless steel.  the hex in the inside is soft aluminum and is part of the side plate. 

[handi2]

I've never like any of them...

[alantani]

i was tempted to go after it with metal putty.  what's it called?   

[exp2000]

That is disturbing 
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[Dominick]

Clear and concise design defect.  If purchased in California a small claims suit would get your money back.  The suit should be couched in terms of a  "breach of implied warranty of merchantability."  If not purchased in California, the owner can look at its own state code.  California Civil Code section 1794.  Dominick

[Robert Janssen]

i was tempted to go after it with metal putty.  what's it called?   

JB Weld, or Devcon.


Silly perhaps, but this is not the only reel that uses a similar arrangement and has caused similar forum postings.

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[mley1]

I have a like new Saltiga LD60.  I wonder if it may have a similar problem down the road. It's the largest of that series of Saltiga lever drags. So, I'm wondering if it'll be any beefier or be the same as the reel in the video.

[Fishy247]

Wow, that's pretty disturbing. Especially the part about charging almost $200 to replace a faulty part! I'm not exactly in the market for any new high-end reels, but between this and the mag-seal issues, I'm going to file Daiwa right alongside Accurate in my "poor customer service" pile...

[wallacewt]

im with dominick on this
how about 1/2 dozen fishermen with faulty daiwa ld 50 band together
and approach daiwa.
there should be a total recall, just like
audio,vw etc; with their lies about emmission gases
its daiwa,s fault and they want $200 to fix it,i dont think so
im excited
(please contact alantani.com legal department)

[alantani]

i'm going to try to hammer the hole with a nail punch.  i'll install the cam first and see if i can make the soft aluminum "hex" expand enough to lock in the cam.  i had a pretty good buzz going with sal's cough syrup last night and before i fell asleep, this is what i came up with!

[steelfish]

long shot but since this was on 2017 I need to ask.

Alan, did you found any other way to fix this problem on the saltiga reel other than getting a new $200 sideplate?
a guy just left that same reel model with the same problem, the hex of aluminium its pretty corroded and the spool lever/cam doesnt work anymore because of that.
as soon as I saw the reel I told the owner that problem can be "repaired" per se, it needs a new sideplate, if I recall correctly some BOss accurate reels had this same problem in the pass as well as some avet reels, but I didnt knew the  the cost of a new sideplate, he left them reel and as soon I google the problem on the web this youtube video from Alan pop-up.

reel:  Saltiga LD50 2-speed
part number #35
part code H55-9908  Right sideplate

[Robert Janssen]

This still happens regularly on a number of reels from various manufacturers.

I devised a fix for it by making a new stainless steel male hex component that screwed onto the sideplate.

I don't have time to dig up old posts, but i recall our member MHC fixed an Accurate reel this way. There was a thread about that too.

Edit: here, found it

https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,26480.msg301290.html#msg301290

Otherwise, careful molding with JB Weld might work.

[steelfish]

This still happens regularly on a number of reels from various manufacturers.

I devised a fix for it by making a new stainless steel male hex component that screwed onto the sideplate.

I recall seeing those amazing repairs where a new SS hex part was made with a luxury machinist equipment, where I live it might be more costy to make a new that SS hex part than getting a new $200 sideplate.