Alan, I have a quick question for you. I have a TLD 25 that was given to me by a friend. I did a complete tear down /rebuild on the reel and it works great. Except for one thing:
The blue washer between the lever drag and the metal section needs to be thicker.
Here is the part that I'm talking about ( This is from your pic on the TLD 20/25 teardown)
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I tried covering this with electrical tape to build up the thickness, and it works. However, the tape will move around a bit when the reel is set to a really high drag setting.
Would you try and mill out another washer or is there somewhere else I should be looking to take up this play? If I only use the blue washer, without building it up, I can only get about 17 lbs of max drag out of it.
Lumberjack93
You really don't want to push the drag greater than that...maybe 1@more. The dog pin will sheer from the side plate.
Regarding the looseness or play, it may mean that you need a new spring between the preset screw and the cam to keep the lever flush with the side plate.
Bryan, thanks for the reply. I need to add some thickness somewhere. The reel came off of a party boat that fishes for snapper in the gulf of mexico. The reel was used day for at least 3 snapper seasons. Wherever the play is, I can't seem to find it. But, when I add some thickness ( a few layers of tape cut out with an exacto knife to the blues washer) I get back in the 25+ lb max drag area.
LJ93
sounds like the surfaces were just worn down. as for the drag setting, use 50# mono and 15# of drag or 60# mono and 18#'s of drag. don't go past 20#'s. the frame could crack. alan
Thanks guys. I called Shimano this morning and the sent me out a new blue washer. I'll try that. I think the old one was just worn down.
LJ93