Triton trolling series

[yockman]

G'day Alan,

Fantastic site you've put up - a service to the fishermen of the world.

Have you got anything about general service/upgrade of the old shimano triton trolling series 30's and 50's? I've got 6 of these old sluggers and love every one of them.

Cherrs,
Yock

[alantani]

for this one, you have to go to glen pamaran....

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=55.0

[yockman]

Thanks Alan.

I saw that post and thought the glen pamaran bit referred to the beastmaster 50/80, not the TTS 30's and 50's.

I'm in Tasmania on the other side of the world so freight would probably make this unviable. I'll have a crack at one myself before the big bluefin arrive.

Cheers,
Yock

[alantani]

yeah, yours is single speed.  (glad some is paying attention.)  it has a canvas drag washer that needs to stay clean and dry!  good luck.  alan

[yockman]

Goodoh! 

Otherwise not too different to a tld (I'm hoping). I'll let you know how it goes

Yock

[yockman]

I cracked it open a couple of nights ago - not like a tld at all. Different ratchet set-up and a few smaller things. the main difference is that the drag is on the opposite side to tld's.

One snag was that I couldn't budge the drag cover, no matter how much pressure I applied so that area remains untouched. Anyone got tips for undoing these?

Everything inside was in great nick, especially for a year that's at leat 25 y.o.

Yock

[alantani]

i can't remember if the spool cap has right handed threads or left.  check both ways........

[triumphrick]

i can't remember if the spool cap has right handed threads or left.  check both ways........

It removes counter-clockwise!

[exp2000]

I cracked it open a couple of nights ago - not like a tld at all. Different ratchet set-up and a few smaller things. the main difference is that the drag is on the opposite side to tld's.

One snag was that I couldn't budge the drag cover, no matter how much pressure I applied so that area remains untouched. Anyone got tips for undoing these?

Everything inside was in great nick, especially for a year that's at leat 25 y.o.

Yock

If it does not have provision for a special tool, you can try using a leather strap type oil filter wrench.
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[josa1]

Hi Yockman,

I did a tutorial on the TTS 50W and posted on Alan's site.  Right now it's on Page 7 of the Shimano topics, about a quarter of the way down the page.  I think it will cover all you need to know.  I still use the canvas drag washers with good success.

Here is a link.  Note this site has almost 11.5K hits so I think that there's a lot of people using it.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=7895.0

Let me know if you need any help, I'm pretty familiar with these reels.

josa1