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The JDM Zillion G is the same reel as the USDM aside from main gear material. The JDM Zillion G uses the Daiwa aluminum main gear and pinion. The USDM uses a brass main/aluminum pinion gear. I have a couple of each. Fantastic reels.

you should see two indents on the magnetic rings. line those up and put the brake dial on max. install /w the dial clip that way.

Some of, it not, the most quiet braid I've ever used. Very, very smooth, too. My favorite braid for sure.

Daiwa Bape. Will probably never find one.

I use the boca spool pin pliers for the majority of reels. It's ideal , or functional, for 90% of the reels out there. Require some touch sometimes to align a pin but it really works well removing pins. Just gotta make sure you watch for a tapered spool pin. For everything else, and it also works for most reels as well, the hedgehog spool pin(same as the above roro that bulldog mentioned-just an older version-) is best for spools /w tapered pins and aligning spool pins evenly. You can get buy with either one but it's best to have both. I haven't used the roro pin removed but just looking at it, I would probably opt for that over the hedgehog if I had to choose.

Zillion G gears fit morethan/steez A reels.

The Morethan shared gears /w the steez A. The first rendition of their duralumin gears were incredibly smooth but were very susceptible to premature wear in the main gear from hard hooksets, for me at least. I got a few years out of them and the steez svtw before I began replacing them. I replaced all my steez A and morethan /w the USDM Zillion G gear set. TackleTrap usually has them in stock or you get source from Daiwa. Not that expensive. Also, the lower pinion bearing on Daiwas isn't , usually, an issue like a shimano, but I've had it a couple times.

Putting spool into reel puts a load on the gears and bearings. Being a metanium, I would guess it’s gears or the lower pinion bearing. I wouldn’t bother flushing and attempting to clean frame bearings. Just replace them with a quality SS. Both Spool bearings though need to be flushed(correctly) and oiled with a small single drop of oil. Stock shimano bearings spin forever cleaned and dry.

Dwight, put the serial number of it in the ad if going in FB market place. Will help if its a low number. It’s on the thumb bar. awesome reel, wont ever let mine go.

@Siebert Outdoors makes the best ones. Buy his stuff so he keeps making stuff. He makes good stuff.

Go custom first. If not, p5 popx would be my choice

this guy https://www.powerteamlures.com/3-5-craw-doeuvre-1/

Here's an unboxing video. Looks like a more compact 16' steez svtw. Looks great. Not a huge fan of the handful of 32mm spools I've used but I think I'll Definitely going to get one at the PLAT price.