Shimano TTS drag washer

Started by Fishead, December 06, 2010, 10:09:03 PM

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Fishead

Wondering if anyone uses any grease on the drag washer on these reels? also,is there any kind of upgrade that can be done to these drags.Thanks
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alantani

on these older reels (if they are the ones i'm thinking of), shimano should already have greased carbon fiber.  have you had a chance to take a look? 
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Phinaddict

If you're talking about the tank like, bulletproof single speed aluminum Tritons, I used to have a 30 and a 50wide. Both had canvas drag washers.  Man, they were heavy, but talk about solid. They were solid.
Dawn at smoothdrag might be able to get you a Carbontex washer. She is here:

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Cool thing about the 30 is you can unscrew and remove the  top aluminum cross brace and you got yourself a topless reel, Hooya!
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Fishead

These reels have a white washer with no factory grease on them,I guess one could call it canvas as refered to in the other reply.The drags are smooth but if I decide to keep them,I would like to upgrade the drags for longevity.These reels certainly are tanks as stated by Phinaddict.
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alantani

we would have to find you a sheet of carbon fiber, then hand cut a drag washer.  figure $30-40 for a drag washer, maybe even more. 
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Phinaddict

Hey Alan,
I don't know if the OD and ID dimensions would allow it, but I see Dawn has replacement Beastmaster 30/50 and 50/80 drags.
Might be possible for one of those to either drop in or be trimmed to fit.
Gene
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alantani

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captseanb

Could you tell me how to remove the black "cooling plate" from the tts 80w to get at the pressure plate and cloth drag washer ?

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alantani

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