Alans quote from Dawn ref why a star drag loosens

[Lunker Larry]

A little while back Alan posted a quote from Dawn at Smooth Drag regarding the cause of a star drag loosening. I copied it then and now that I went to read it I find that it is messed up a bit.I want to use it to explain to some muskie guys that over tightening their drag probably causes the same thing. It is a common complaint with the Shimano Tranx 400 series
Does anyone remember what post this was in. Here's my damaged copy.

here's a diagram from dawn she's the lady that owns smooth.drag.com. note that metal washers alternate with drag washers. note also that there are two types of metal washers. the keyed metal washers ride on the drive shaft (aka gear sleeve). the slotted metal washers have nubs on the outside and ride with the main gear. the metal washers have to alternate "keyed, slotted, keyed" so that the top metal washer rides with the drive shaft. if you have your stack set up so that the metal washers are oriented "keyed, keyed, slotted, then the top metal washer rides with the main gear.

now what happens is that the line is pulled out, the spool moves backwards, the spool moves the pinion gear, the pinion gear moves the main gear, the mainoose all drag pressure. this is the most common way that this problem occurs. your reel had to have been assembled incorrectly by someone. a reel could NEVER come from the factory like this.  gear moves the slotted metal washer, the slotted metal washer moves the spacer, the spacer moves the star and the star backs up counter clockwise until you l???

Any help would be appreciated

[oldmanjoe]

  Do you have a idea when he posted it , month /year .

[alantani]

https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,60.0.html

[Lunker Larry]

Thank you Alan. I've been trying to wrap my head around this.
Thanks all.
Larry