G'day Alan,
Fantastic site you've put up - a service to the fishermen of the world.
Have you got anything about general service/upgrade of the old shimano triton trolling series 30's and 50's? I've got 6 of these old sluggers and love every one of them.
Cherrs,
Yock
for this one, you have to go to glen pamaran....
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=55.0
Thanks Alan.
I saw that post and thought the glen pamaran bit referred to the beastmaster 50/80, not the TTS 30's and 50's.
I'm in Tasmania on the other side of the world so freight would probably make this unviable. I'll have a crack at one myself before the big bluefin arrive.
Cheers,
Yock
yeah, yours is single speed. (glad some is paying attention.) it has a canvas drag washer that needs to stay clean and dry! good luck. alan
Goodoh!
Otherwise not too different to a tld (I'm hoping). I'll let you know how it goes
Yock
I cracked it open a couple of nights ago - not like a tld at all. Different ratchet set-up and a few smaller things. the main difference is that the drag is on the opposite side to tld's.
One snag was that I couldn't budge the drag cover, no matter how much pressure I applied so that area remains untouched. Anyone got tips for undoing these?
Everything inside was in great nick, especially for a year that's at leat 25 y.o.
Yock
i can't remember if the spool cap has right handed threads or left. check both ways........
Quote from: alantani on October 22, 2009, 12:21:39 AM
i can't remember if the spool cap has right handed threads or left. check both ways........
It removes counter-clockwise!
Quote from: yockman on October 20, 2009, 07:48:50 PM
I cracked it open a couple of nights ago - not like a tld at all. Different ratchet set-up and a few smaller things. the main difference is that the drag is on the opposite side to tld's.
One snag was that I couldn't budge the drag cover, no matter how much pressure I applied so that area remains untouched. Anyone got tips for undoing these?
Everything inside was in great nick, especially for a year that's at leat 25 y.o.
Yock
If it does not have provision for a special tool, you can try using a leather strap type oil filter wrench.
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Hi Yockman,
I did a tutorial on the TTS 50W and posted on Alan's site. Right now it's on Page 7 of the Shimano topics, about a quarter of the way down the page. I think it will cover all you need to know. I still use the canvas drag washers with good success.
Here is a link. Note this site has almost 11.5K hits so I think that there's a lot of people using it.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=7895.0
Let me know if you need any help, I'm pretty familiar with these reels.
josa1