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General Maintenance Tips => Smoothdrag.com => Topic started by: anthony on January 23, 2013, 10:53:50 PM

Title: fin nor ahab CF washer
Post by: anthony on January 23, 2013, 10:53:50 PM
does anybody knows where to find them ? Friend of mine what to replace the actual Fin nor washers. Dawn does not have it , he purchased some kind of cork/rubber ones as per Dawns suggestions.
I suppose its better that what he has now. Help
Title: Re: fin nor ahab CF washer
Post by: Robert Janssen on January 24, 2013, 06:49:41 AM
Which Fin-Nor reel exactly? Several have had the same or similar Ahab nomenclature.
The late 1990s Japanese made Ahab reels had CF drag washers already.

And which cork/rubber are we referring to?

Generally, pure cork does rather well as a drag material. Cork + rubber has in my experience shown to be horrible.

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Title: Re: fin nor ahab CF washer
Post by: anthony on January 24, 2013, 08:21:45 PM
Thanks Robert .
I kind of thought cork / rubber wasn't an ideal solution . This are for a friend of mine , were trying to update his Abah 20 to a decent drag # for an upcoming trip. He called Dawn recently & she didn't have anything made for FiN Nor .
I am thinking would the CF washers from the OF series work ? Or we just might have to cut them from scratch , I email Alan to see if he has something similar or some advice o how to cut them .
Hopefuly we can get 15-18lb of drag out of that reel .
Title: Re: fin nor ahab CF washer
Post by: Robert Janssen on January 24, 2013, 11:22:21 PM
Which Ahab?

This?

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTI4WDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqFHJE4FB4BQJn)(BQfdDFtcEg~~60_35.JPG)

Or this

(http://www.alltackle.com/fin_nor_ahab_spinning.bmp)

Or this

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWHoJ6Y6YzmPoMH236_FuXy9enr9qPUVXe86VhwjXCUbT1Yqlz1YeaCk4iOA)