Do you grease Carbontex drag washers?
Do you grease Carbontex drag washers?
Carbon fiber drags do not NEED to be greased, but they perform vastly better when they are. It does two things, reduce heat build up from the friction when the drag washers slip and aids in corrosion prevention.
Do you grease felt drag washers?
Once the felt is dry, work a few drops of reel oil into each. Be careful not to apply too much and never apply grease! Felt is only lubricated with oil.
What do carbon drag washers do?
Carbontex is a line of carbon fiber drag washers made by Smooth Drag. This material has more friction than standard felt washers providing more stopping power and a smoother line release under tension. It’s the modern material for drag systems as you can find carbon drags in most newer reels.
What are drag washers made of?
The Penn HT-100 drag material is a carbon fibre fabric that’s laminated on fibreglass. This creates large, stiff sheets that are cut into strips and run through a stamp line to produce the washers in a variety of sizes. Now, carbon fibre is used by almost every other reel manufacturer.
Do carbon drag washers increase drag?
Replacing with lightly greased carbon fibre drag washers of the same thickness will actuall be less(not much) however the replacement carbon fibre drags are generally thicker thus increasing the drag while making it smooth and trouble free for the most part.
How do you cut carbon fiber drag washers?
Just clip the washer to the Carbontex sheet and cut them out with a sharp pair of scissors, clean up the edges with sand paper or sanding bit. Drill bits and cone shaped grinding bits for inside diameters.
How thick are drag washers?
To get the right size washer for the drags in your reel, firstly remove the washers from your reel. We supply carbontex in both 1mm and 0.5mm thickness. 0.5mm is usually used for baitcasting reels.
What kind of drag washer does Shimano use?
“Carbontex” replacement fishing reel washers Shimano sets. Our line of Carbontex drag washers, New Generation Carbon Fiber drag washers. This very high quality carbon fiber drag material is the perfect combination of unrivaled stopping power, silky smoothness and outstanding consistency, with a high heat tolerance.
Why choose carbontex drag washers?
Our line of Carbontex drag washers, New Generation Carbon Fiber drag washers. This very high quality carbon fiber drag material is the perfect combination of unrivaled stopping power, silky smoothness and outstanding consistency, with a high heat tolerance.
Are there any spare spools for Shimano 4000 spin reel?
SHIMANO 4000 SPARE SPINNING REEL SPOOLS w/ Drag Washers& Spring Clips in place, still in very good overall condition and ready-to-go, for use with the vintage SHIMANO 4000 Spin Reels. These Spare Spools measure about 1 15/16″ across skirt base and stand about 2 1/16″ high on a flat surface.
