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Hot pink drag washers
OK it has taken a little courage to post this up so I hope it may benefit a few of the BM crew.
The drag washers in my Daiwa 2004 series reels have always been a bit of an issue to me. There is only one Felt washer which after a few months use compresses to a point that it loses the ability to perform smoothly. For years I have been ordering new washers from Daiwa at a cost which I always thought was outrageous. I had tried previously to cut my own carbon washers which worked but lacked the smoothness the felt washers had. At this point I would like to add that I am not a fanboy of any brand of reel, the same does happen in the Shimano gear I have but most of them are larger reels. It so happens all my smaller reels are Daiwa and so the problem seems to occur in the smaller only Daiwa reels, 2500 and up are OK as they have a bigger drag stack. While wasting time in a Spotlight store some months ago while the wife looked at something unrelated I found myself in the craft section where I found literally hundreds of sheets and rolls of felt at less than $2 for an A4 size. I purchased 2 sheets of seemingly different density but same 1mm thickness. I punched out a couple of washers in both and installed them scissors will also work this user friendly felt. What a revelation it has been. The hot pink sheet I purchased has proven the best, it was a little more rigid and dense than the white I purchased. At this point we are a few months into use with at this point no sign of deterioration whereas the white softer sheet performed the same as the original purchased washers and has started to deteriorate. So I run hot pink drag washers now although they are available in 30 different shades of different colours. This has been not only a huge cost saving but has taken a little work out of looking after my reels. As the felt washers fail in all of the reels we have irrespective of brand they will be replaced with this cheap felt which is easy to work and install no matter the size of the washer.
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It must be a 2004-size design to have only 1 washer. But thatnks for the tip. I might pay a local Spotlite a visit. What do you use to punch the holes? A standard puncher or a special tool? Cheers |
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Hi Alex,
We just use a sharp punch to cut the holes both inner and outer. Do the outer circle first place the old washer over it and center it. Place the center hole punch in the center hole and take that out, all to easy. I use a pair of scissors on the outer circumference on some of my Shimano gear which have narrow washers. I do not have any 2000 sized Daiwa reels but i can assure you the 4 2004 certates we own (2010 and 2013) have a single washer drag. They are as smooth as silk when the washers are in good nick but not so when they lose a little thickness due to normal use; they flatten out and distort a little but enough to worry me on the light lines we are using.
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Nice hack Sevric - Spotlight used to be the business for cheap fishing tackle aswell - whiting beads and red tubing were about a 10th of the price at Spotlight
Last edited by yellow door 1; 17-08-2018 at 05:19 AM. |
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Yeah one of the good things about this is that these felt sheets could be used for any reel that uses felt. The cost savings have been substantial but the ability to have a new washer installed in 10 minutes instead of trying to do business with spare part departments is a big bonus to me.
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Yeah your last point cant be undervalued
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All 2004 and 2506 is single felt washer. 2506 is obviously larger and a bit thicker as well. 2508 has multiple stack as well, cant remeber off the top of my head how many but i think its 3. |
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Thanks for sharing. Are you using just oil, or grease on these new felt washers? Might give them a go next time instead of paying premium price from daiwa. I did use carbon drag in all my luvias 2004 reels, but they left a sooty black buildup which I wasn’t happy with. |
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Hi purple5ive
There is a school of thought that goes both ways here. Personally we use Shimano ace 2 grease however some insist that oil does a better job. Tried carbon and did not like it in my smaller reels, we are not catching yellowfin tuna on our 2004 certates only Flathead and some odd bycatch so heat dispersion is not an issue for us. We found the carbon had too coarse a weave to it so tried to wet and dry it smoother but still was not as smooth as felt. The felt was buckets cheaper (well under $2 for an A4 sheet) and easier to work, it just ticked all the boxes. We run carbon in our larger Snapper gear and above because i think the larger drag stacks are able to cope with the carbon weave better and give outstanding long lasting performance.
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