restoring a Penn 12T-2 speeded by Cal Sheets

[Captain Hook]

1st time post long time lurker.

I inherited a beat up Penn 12T that was 2speeded by cal and had some drag work done that was really old and worn. The reel was thrashed!  I decided to rebuild this reel.  I added a Tip topless frame, new spool, side plate, new dura drags and plate. Put it all back together.  My question is how do I get the correct baseline measurements of the belv washers and reconfigure them to get the most drag I can with good freespool.

IE: caliper readings, adding thrust washers to tighten tolerances etc..

Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!

CH

[alantani]

these older reels had alot of play in them.  just reassemble the reel and check the drags.  let's just see how it works. 

[Captain Hook]

Gotcha.  Got it all back together. Now at 230 tho for Bell stack |()() with one .010 shim and feels pretty good with reasonable free spool.  Now I just need to spool it up and see what the drag readings are.  Might be good for a 40 pound 2 speed reel, 65# spectra?. I wanted to add it to my Blackman skiff for a troller next to my 16s but might be a little on the light side.

Thanks!

Hook