I have a old Beast Master 80 that I would love to put to work. I understand that many parts are no longer available. I got the reel a few years back, had it serviced by a local fella, but it's never worked correctly. Looking for someone that may have some knowledge and interest in taking a look at it. Thanks
You should consider sending it to Glen in San Diego, do a search of the Shimano section for BeastMaster and you should find his contact info. Otherwise, there are threads detailing how to seevice this reel. You can buy a carbonfiber washer(from Dawn at Smoothdrag), and punch/drill the 4 center holes, to replace the canvas drag washer, replace any worn bearings with stock Shimano ARB, and do a full dissasembly/relube yourself, if you can follow the turorals available here.
Sounds like there may be some hope after all. I seem to remember a "tightlines" that was a Penn man, from years back.
Quote from: wildcard on March 22, 2015, 09:32:21 PM
Sounds like there may be some hope after all. I seem to remember a "tightlines" that was a Penn man, from years back.
Lotta 'Penn Men' out there. Prob not me. Are you in Texas?
No Sir, North Carolina.
Take a look through the tutorals and see if its something you think you want to do yourself. If so, call shimano and order up some new bearings, call Dawn and get a carbon fiber drag washer, and some cal's grease, and crack her open. We are here to help uf you run into any troubles or questions.
Awesome, thank you for the interest! Frank