I have been running a bg2000 all season. It was originally spooled with a little 15lb braid I had leftover (maybe 2/3 full) but a couple weeks ago I spooled fully with brand new 15lb Jbraid x8 and 15lb mono as a backer, now the line is bunched up at the top with a gap at the bottom. To be honest it was probably like that before but I was running the spool so light that it didnt matter. I need to shim the spool but I just checked, there aren't any in the box. Is there a place I can buy new shims? Is material and specific size that big of a deal or can I just kinda find shims from another reel that fit?

Call or email Daiwa, they'll probably ship you shims for free.

Huh.... that honestly didnt occur to me. I couldn't find a part number in the parts explosion but I can always call. Thanks.