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Title: grease for carbontex drag washers
Post by: trishul on August 06, 2011, 11:56:19 PM
hello i was wondering would it make a diffrence if i was to use a diffrent type of grease on carbontex washers like maybe the grease from penn or yamaha, whats so special about cals grease?
thanks
Trishul
Title: Re: grease for carbontex drag washers
Post by: akfish on August 07, 2011, 12:58:59 AM
You need a pure teflon grease if you want a smooth drag. Either Cal's Grease or Shimano will work. Penn and Yamaha grease won't. Really.
Title: Re: grease for carbontex drag washers
Post by: kamuwela on August 07, 2011, 01:38:23 AM
dont use anything other then shimano or cal's dont use regular grease on the drag's. cal's is teflon not petrolium based
Title: Re: grease for carbontex drag washers
Post by: trishul on August 07, 2011, 09:57:51 AM
ok thanks for the info