Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Welcome to you and all the other newbies I missed.
Sitting here in sunny Florida for the next 2 months.

Welcome!

Hello All. Long time lurker, now on board! Thank you for the many contributions with so much valuable info. Vintage Penn collector, huge Jaws fan here. Cheers!

WELCOME
from Central Texas

Any Relation to
Frank Mundus

Welcome !!

Welcome from the Heartland, Quint.

welcome!!!!

 Welcome Quint. There's a few Penn enthusiasts here !!

Welcome from NJ...more than a few Penn fans here!

Kal

Welcome Quint from the SoCal Inland Empire. - john

Hi Alan. this is Milt. I just joined.
I was wondering how to tell the difference between the asbestos drag washers and the carbon fiber?

Welcome Milt from the SoCal Inland Empire.  The first time you see the washers the differences are pretty apparent.  And a lot of it has to do with the age of the reel (I don't know that anyone has used asbestos in many many years).  Asbestos are thicker, and very hard/inflexible.  Think brake lining or clutch surface in an automotive application.  Carbon fiber (CF) are more of a very thin, hard fabric, black, and many times you can see the crosshatch "weave" of the fiber.  They are (somewhat) flexible.  Unless what you are working on is a museum piece, CF upgrade with a light coating of Cal's Grease is the way to go. - john

I know I have missed a bunch of new members.  Welcome to the greatest site on the web.  Bill, SoCal mountains

Welcome from Salem va,,,,

Hi all! I'm keith from VT. New here, just picked up a couple old penn 130 originals, and an Avet TRX 50w.

Will be working on maintenance for the 130 reels in the next couple weeks and I'm sure I will have questions.

Thanks for having this community!