Jaheff

This depends on what made the pawl bad to begin with and how long it went undetected (or vise versa). Most of the bad worm gears I come across are the result of something other than normal wear. Like trying to clean off the old oil with a paper towel, and the worm gear sucking up the paper towel and getting stuck in the pawl. Lesson learned

You're fine. The phenomena is known as brake fade. http://www.torquecars.com/articles/brake-fade.php This topic has been argued about for over 20+ yrs. Comparing drags to car brakes is not apples to apples. One is high tech,high speed application used to make a vehicle make complete stops, one is a low speed, low tech application, meant to give resistance to wear something out. Cal Sheets was using greased drags in the 80's,they all thought he was crazy. The argument will still go on....

You don't even have to use tape if your putting on all braid.Some saltwater tuna chasers, just use car polish,and tie direct. The reason is because they don't want to get saltwater between the tape and the spool and have it sit there and corrode the spool.The trick is to put the braid on with 3 to 4 pounds of resistance when spooling.

Here is some info from a reel mechanic who is pushing for greased carbon fiber from all the manufacturers.He lives close to you too... wet versus dry. seems like i've been fighting this battle for the last 10 years. what's the big deal? i still get asked once in a while, so i'd like to go through some points that i think are important and then i think you'll have a better idea of where i'm coming from. just so we're all on the same page, i'd like to define a few terms i use. the first is "start up." when you first pull on the line, some drags tend to stick a little, so you have to pull a little harder. once the line starts moving, it may take, say, 5 pounds of drag to keep the line moving. that initial pull may take 6 pounds to get it started. that extra pound (or 20%) is what i refer to as "start up." with a horribly sticky drag, the start up might be as high as 100%. my personal preference is zero. the next is your drag setting. simple enough. it's the number of pounds needed to keep the line peeling off the spool once it starts moving. that number will increase as the spool height decreases. it actually doubles when the spool height decreases by half. for spinning, star and lever drag reels, i will quote a drag setting but always add "at the top of the spool, " even if i do not. then there is "accelleration" or "high speed runout." this is the nasty tendency for a greased drag to become more slippery. a gentleman named cal sheets has done work some on this. imagine a situation with a large shimano tiagra 80, a 50# drag setting, and a 500# tuna. such a fish might take a 100 yard run in 10 seconds. cal sheets had found that the functional drag would decrease as much as 40% during these hard runs. it was not necessarily a function of temperature, it was interestingly more a function of speed. the shimano star drag grease is a pure teflon product that has a melting temperature of 300 degrees farenheit. when applied in excess, this problem with accelleration was noted. when the excess was removed, it became less of a problem, but i do not know how much less. cal sheets also now sells a pure teflon grease. it has a melting temperature of 500 degrees farenheit. it is applied liberally to the drag washer of a large lever drag reel, then the excess is vigorously wiped off. cal sheets says that this has eliminated the problem of accelleration. i have no reason do doubt his work, but i have not seen the data. and lastly, my definition of a properly functioning drag system. try this with your own rod and reel. spool the reel with a desired line weight. let's say 20 pound monofilament, just to pick a number. place the reel on the rod. run the line through the guides. tie with line off to a 5 pound weight, which is 25% of your line weight. clamp down on the drag star. reel down to the weight. lift the rod up until the grip is at a 45 degree angle. now adjust the drag until the weight drops one foot every 5 seconds. if your reel can perform to this level, then you have near zero start up. this is my definition of a properly functioning drag system. regarding greased carbon fiber drag upgrades in top drag spinning reels, bait casters and small to medium conventional star drag reels, i simply find a carbon fiber drag washer that gives me a "best fit." i can cut them down to size pretty easily if needed. i slap a thick coat of grease on the drag washers, install them and let the grease squeeze out the sides. when i first started doing this, my friends were amazed at the smoothness and level of performance and reliability. many tackle pros, shop owners, repair personel and industry were adament that i was totally wrong. sometimes, it got personal. so what i did was to slap in more grease, and then take pictures. i just used the excess grease in non-lever drag reels just to annoy the non-believers. and one fisherman, after another, after another, would say "yes, i own this reel," and "yes, it is as smooth as he says." oh, and "yes, these drags last forever!" and for the most part, the harassment stopped. it is true that you get no respect on the internet without pictures. what about lever drag reels? i always wipe off the excess, but that is because it allows me to get a higher strike drag setting before losing freespool. i am also concerned about accelleration, but i believe it will only be an issue with one fisherman out of 10,000. the start up remains zero and that's my main concern. the grease also prevents water damage to the drag washer and aluminum underneath. and when i say that i've almost won, here's what i mean. shimano started out with greased carbon fiber. they get credit for that original innovation. you will now see greased carbon fiber drag washer in all of the flagship two speed lever drag reels, including penn, daiwa, okuma, accurate and tiburon. only avet and alutecnos have dry systems. someday, that too may change. and then i will call my victory complete. why no grease star drag reels from the major manufacturers? only progear has a greased carbon fiber drag system. i can only guess, but perhaps other manufacturers consider this system to be too expensive. and why make a reel with a drag system that will last forever, when they would rather have you buy another reel. as for spinners? they WANT you to buy a new one each year. otherwise, why would they introduce a new model every year? basically, start up is the main issue here. accelleration will never be. but this is a battle i know i will never win. it is simple frustration on my part, but i wonder somtimes if companies deliberatly make a reel that they know will fail, just so that they can sell another one.

That was the dumbest thing VZW could have done. A lot of people we dealt with stayed with VZW because of their great upgrade policy... Now that's out the window! NE2 is done too... Nope! The dumbest thing Verizon has done is turn down apple when the original I-phone came out.

I think apple played the timing part wrong. Why wouldn't they have made it available before Christmas? We all knew it was coming sooner or later.

X 2 but I use teflon tape.

I'm having trouble updating AVG. When it automatically updates it says,"General Error". I have shut off my firewall to update,still didn't work. Any Help I would appreciate it?

X 2 Don't you just love Pete Carrols attitude? The second oldest coach, has the energy of a teenager. Gonna miss him at USC.

AWESOME!

here I go passing rumors again...Rumor is, Diawa is putting alot of time and investment into their saltwater division. I don't know if that has to do with cutting these reels out tho.But the diawa fans were disappointed at I-cast?

X2 How else are we gonna pay back the arabs? It's not just China we owe.

Good Job Jake!

I was gonna also add Paul, but he doesn't post any more?

I forgot FBL on my original response .Guess I gotta start stalking Dwight's posts now!

Catt,Francho,WRB,Mattlures,Raul...to name a few...

MSNBC Reports: sent by a White male, Tea Party activist.

Luck is staying in School.

There's a hundred ways to skin a cat! I do like these discussions. Every time I honestly think i learn something new.Heck two weeks ago, i didn't think there was a big difference in flouro leader material then main line, even tho i used Leader material when inshore fishing.

LOL...

It kind of depends on how fast he fishes them. If he fishes them fast then I don't think it's that big of a problem, but if he goes slow then it will be. Most people I know don't fish poppers fast though, but that's just me. Look out Speedbead, the kids are gonna try and dog pile ya. ;D

Also check out the Daiwa Advantage HSTA, its a VERY nice reel for about 150 8-) X-2

Loved every minute of it!

I wonder what KVD sounds like when he farts? :

Trelikes..