2 hours ago, CrankFate said:

Unless you know your bad with small parts and tiny screws—just do it. It’s not that hard. Unless you lose a piece.

I looked at a tutorial for a similar reel, just never done a diawa before. I've only torn down one low profile BC reel before, mostly it's been round/tradtional reels and spinners I have worked on. Would feel better if there was a tutorial I could follow for my exact models but I am yet to see one. I might just let a local shop service them for me.

2 hours ago, FishDewd said:

I looked at a tutorial for a similar reel, just never done a diawa before. I've only torn down one low profile BC reel before, mostly it's been round/tradtional reels and spinners I have worked on. Would feel better if there was a tutorial I could follow for my exact models but I am yet to see one. I might just let a local shop service them for me.

Find a tear down video on YouTube. The main thing is to keep all Belleville washers oriented properly and don’t lose any springs. They’re all almost exactly the same. 

I may not consider finesse being as light as some of you guys do. However, all my daiwas will sling light baits better than any reels I've owned. Have a new tatula 100 and several ct's and the 100 is favorable in every way so far. Super nice reel for the 109 they can be had for

7 hours ago, Shimano_1 said:

I may not consider finesse being as light as some of you guys do. However, all my daiwas will sling light baits better than any reels I've owned. Have a new tatula 100 and several ct's and the 100 is favorable in every way so far. Super nice reel for the 109 they can be had for

What’s yr screen name??

3 minutes ago, JustJames said:

What’s yr screen name??

  Things change.  We often only consider the moment when creating a username.  I've been using baitcast reels for 10 years now and have about 80 so my username is no longer valid either.  Don't know if I can change it, tho.

On 2/26/2019 at 12:41 PM, CrankFate said:

I have the new Tatula but I haven’t casted it yet. After flushing the bearings, I can say this reel has some of the fastest and high quality stock bearings of any reel. It will be as close to finesse casting as any reel for the US Market once flushed. These are almost Abec ceramic fast. Unflushed, the bearings are “stoppy” and somehow slow themselves down automatically. 

Your post made me feel like I wanted to offer some information that may be helpful.  If you are already aware please take no offense and just ignore this post, as it may help another.   ABEC is not a brand,  ABEC is an (U.S.)  industry accepted engineer standard.  ABEC is the acronym for Annular Bearing Engineering Committee, and they set standards to which bearings are rated, which is now 1-9 with the higher number having tighter tolerances.    Ceramic bearings are available in various ABEC ratings, so to say, "ABEC ceramic fast" is not an entirely accurate or descriptive statement and may lead one to think that you are mixing or confusing the standard with a brand name.  

Buy once, cry once.

 

Looks like the SV is $173 on Amazon right now. If you can budget the extra $73 over the next 1-2 months, may be worth just pulling the trigger.

Never said I didnt still use shimanos. He wasnt asking if a shimano would cast light lures was he? I gave my opinion on the daiwas. And yes things change lol. 5 years ago I didnt think anything existed besides shimano.  My last several reel purchases have been daiwa. I like the direction daiwa has went more than shimano