I have an old Daiwa BW2 reel that I bought used years ago and it has never casted any distance.  It just feels like the brakes are always on full.  So its just been sitting unused for a while.  Anyway today since its cold and switching between rain and snow here I'm cleaning and lubing reels.  Both of the magnets are loose and just turn freely.  I assume that the center magnet should be glued tight to the side plate and the outer magnet should be glued to the red gear that turns with the break adjustment knob.  I'm just not sure how to index them before gluing them in place.  Both magnets, the gear, and the side plate have index marks so I guess that I should line them all up then install the knob so it points to 0 or 10 not sure which.  If anybody knows for sure I would appreciate some advice.  Also any on type of glue to use and what to use to lube the bearings would be great.  This reel has graphite bearings so I'm not sure if they should be dry or oiled.  Attached is a picture for reference of the index marks.  They are not lined up currently I think the should all point straight up towards the top of the reel.

Thanks 

Tyler

   

With the notches lined up, like your pic, the braking is the strongest. 

Ive had magnets come unglued in a few older Daiwa reels. Simple fix. You can use a couple of drops of superglue, or just about any epoxy. Just use as little as you can.

Thanks I glue them tight and see if it helps

 

42 minutes ago, .ghoti. said:

With the notches lined up, like your pic, the braking is the strongest. 

Ive had magnets come unglued in a few older Daiwa reels. Simple fix. You can use a couple of drops of superglue, or just about any epoxy. Just use as little as you can.

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Ok I have the magnets secured and set the dial knob to max while all the marks were aligned.  Now do these graphite bearings need anything special or do you treat them the same as regular ball bearings?  I have reel butter oil and grease as well as quantum hot sauce oil and grease on hand.

Thanks 

Tyler

if memory serves, the bushings are nylon. use a drop of whatever oil you use on them. Reel butter oil would be fine.

They could be some sort of nylon but must have graphite in them or something.  They look like plastic or nylon to me.  the reel has 2 graphite bearings printed on the side plate.  I've never heard of graphite bearings so it just confused me as to what to do with them.  

Tyler 

learn something new every day. no experience with that bearing.I'd still try one small drop of oil, and see what happens, Easier to add more than have to clean it all out again.

I did put just a drop on each and take it out for several casts in the yard.  The wind is blowing about 40 mph here today so I didn't try to go for super long casts but I can defiantly tell a night and day difference in this reel.  I was mostly doing roll casts to keep it low to the ground and out of as much wind as possible.  The breaks now do work as they should.  Before it didn't matter where I set the dial they just felt full on. Thanks 

Tyler

On ‎4‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 3:49 PM, tstraub said:

I did put just a drop on each and take it out for several casts in the yard.  The wind is blowing about 40 mph here today so I didn't try to go for super long casts but I can defiantly tell a night and day difference in this reel.  I was mostly doing roll casts to keep it low to the ground and out of as much wind as possible.  The breaks now do work as they should.  Before it didn't matter where I set the dial they just felt full on. Thanks 

Tyler

Gentlemen - thanks for these posts - I have been looking for this info for 28 years give or take.  My dad and I bought 4 of these reels when they came out. 89-92 I think.  And they have never worked right - it used to make me so angry.  In the early 2k, I took them to a pro reel shop for clean up and after that I still had the same problem; which was both casted poorer than the pocket fisherman, but one was always worse than the other.  My index points line up on magnet selection 3, so i guess I have a problem.  These were great aside from this problem.  IN 2003 I bought two AG Amb - EON 5600, one is being dragged around by a carp in Lake Granbury and the other one I have - I have the same problem with both of these and I don't know what to do.  Anyone actually buy an EON in 02 or 03 and have it work?  I see they are still selling for over a hundred, not sure why?  (aside from brand) Thanks for your help on this...