Sorry if this has been asked before I'm at work and ain't got time to search the forum.
But I've had some new tourneys and was lucky enough to land a couple of fish but the drag on the originals is too slow to what I'm used too.
I've found some on ebay and some my friend had told me about around the same price £20
Just wanted to know if there's any cons to go with the pros and which ones would be better
One are carbon washers and the others are Teflon. Which ones would you recommend.
Tia
But I've had some new tourneys and was lucky enough to land a couple of fish but the drag on the originals is too slow to what I'm used too.
I've found some on ebay and some my friend had told me about around the same price £20
Just wanted to know if there's any cons to go with the pros and which ones would be better
One are carbon washers and the others are Teflon. Which ones would you recommend.
Tia
In reply to Post #1
Changing the washers isn't going to change the speed of the drag. You'll need to either remove the spring from your drag cap or replace it with a professionally done one ie Weston etc.
Changing the washers isn't going to change the speed of the drag. You'll need to either remove the spring from your drag cap or replace it with a professionally done one ie Weston etc.
Oh right, damn.
3 SETS of roys Carbon Drag washers for Diawa Tournament 5000t
So what exactly would these do then if there not to speed up drag. Tia
3 SETS of roys Carbon Drag washers for Diawa Tournament 5000t
So what exactly would these do then if there not to speed up drag. Tia
In reply to Post #3
Ruin a fantastic drag.
Ruin a fantastic drag.
In reply to Post #1
I posted a thread (or maybe in a thread
) with a link to some pics and a write up of how I did a qd conversion on my emblems.
Have a look.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0TCvRsGQMokzGbQeuMJ8vu2SQzCweE5vR7V5LwqkFgHJNJin5Zcn4R38Dpg3U95u9l&id=100063500165330
I posted a thread (or maybe in a thread
) with a link to some pics and a write up of how I did a qd conversion on my emblems.Have a look.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0TCvRsGQMokzGbQeuMJ8vu2SQzCweE5vR7V5LwqkFgHJNJin5Zcn4R38Dpg3U95u9l&id=100063500165330
In reply to Post #1
Swapping the felt washers for carbon washers DO speed the drag up
There are 2 ways to speed the drag up on a tourny one is to swap the washers and the other is to remove the spring from the spool cap and replace with spacer, or just simply buy a spool cap already fitted with bush.
You may find that just by swapping the washers wont speed them up as much as you want, just changing the spool cap and leaving the felt washers may be a better compromise
A lot of people do both but this makes them very fast, what can be done is use a blend of felt and carbon washers ie there are 5 felt washers in the tourny spool the more carbon fitted the slower it will be so you could say swap 3
The speed of the drag is all down to personal preference , i personally cant stand fast drags but others like them
Swapping the felt washers for carbon washers DO speed the drag up
There are 2 ways to speed the drag up on a tourny one is to swap the washers and the other is to remove the spring from the spool cap and replace with spacer, or just simply buy a spool cap already fitted with bush.
You may find that just by swapping the washers wont speed them up as much as you want, just changing the spool cap and leaving the felt washers may be a better compromise
A lot of people do both but this makes them very fast, what can be done is use a blend of felt and carbon washers ie there are 5 felt washers in the tourny spool the more carbon fitted the slower it will be so you could say swap 3
The speed of the drag is all down to personal preference , i personally cant stand fast drags but others like them
Yeah I don't really want them so half a turn it will be from loose to locked up if I can help it. I just think the tournaments took abot too many turns to tighten up I think it was 4 full turns. I've never had washers in my previous reels but on them it was just a couple of turns to make the difderence. I just found it hard playing the fish yesterday playing under the tip. Baitman i have tried the link but its not working for me unfortunately.
In reply to Post #7
Maybe follow the blog page and then you should be able to see the content.
https://www.facebook.com/davesfishingstuff
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0TCvRsGQMokzGbQeuMJ8vu2SQzCweE5vR7V5LwqkFgHJNJin5Zcn4R38Dpg3U95u9l&id=100063500165330&sfnsn=scwspmo
Maybe follow the blog page and then you should be able to see the content.
https://www.facebook.com/davesfishingstuff
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0TCvRsGQMokzGbQeuMJ8vu2SQzCweE5vR7V5LwqkFgHJNJin5Zcn4R38Dpg3U95u9l&id=100063500165330&sfnsn=scwspmo
That's brilliant mate I can see the post now I've followed. Looks easy enough that I could do it. Will I need to put my carbon washers in when they arrive or just keep the originals in thanks again.
Also I found another thread where they pretty much do the same but they use shop brought plastic spacers also they use some 2 part reason to stick the caps back together once drilled did u glue them back together or just leave it loose?
In reply to Post #10
The ones i have done i used araldite to stick them back together
The ones i have done i used araldite to stick them back together
Do u put dabs of glue in the holes you drilled or all around the inside of the plastic ?
In reply to Post #9
The original felt washers are fine. If they are greasy then wash them and when dry just add a dab of thin oil, sewing machine or 3 in 1, to make sure they can turn with no drag as all the pressure is from the drag cap.
You can test everything by dry fitting together before you glue it up. A couple of small spots of araldite to reseal the cap.
The original felt washers are fine. If they are greasy then wash them and when dry just add a dab of thin oil, sewing machine or 3 in 1, to make sure they can turn with no drag as all the pressure is from the drag cap.
You can test everything by dry fitting together before you glue it up. A couple of small spots of araldite to reseal the cap.
All this messing seems a bit mad to alter one of the best things about the 5000T. What are people buying them for if they don't like how they work? The drag is great as standard.
In reply to Post #14
Beyonce not everyone has the same opinion clearly. I don't think having to turn the cap 4 full turns is the best thing about the reel. I love everything else about the reel. People modify alot of things they buy whether its a bait boat a reel a rod it doesnt mean we shouldnt buy it. So I'm not ruining anything I'm customising it to suit me, everyone is different and entitled to there own opinion.
Thanks again baitman.
Beyonce not everyone has the same opinion clearly. I don't think having to turn the cap 4 full turns is the best thing about the reel. I love everything else about the reel. People modify alot of things they buy whether its a bait boat a reel a rod it doesnt mean we shouldnt buy it. So I'm not ruining anything I'm customising it to suit me, everyone is different and entitled to there own opinion.
Thanks again baitman.