I have been on the lookout for some used JDM Shimano reels on Ebay.  I have noticed some reels selling used have been modified and am curious.  

I have seen an Aldebaren 51 with 3 white brakes and one red.  What is the difference between red and white shoes other than color.  Why would someone do this other than they lost one and had a different color one handy?

I have seen a Scorpion 71 with only 2 shoes present and 2 shoes missing.  Is there a reason to do this for performance or weight?

Black, grey, green are the heavier ones for more braking. Red and clear are light. No advantage in removing any. Most likely accidentally pulled off and lost. 

For aldebaran 50 normally come with white brake shoe (2nd gen) while red is 1st gen on curado 200i. I’m not sure if those are different in braking performance. Now on scorpion 71 with only 2 out of 4, dont do that ever. I have done it (removed 1 out of 4) since I need brake shoes for my shallow spool. The spool will vibrate and make noise when cast, doesn’t benefit any casting distance whatsoever.

 

The old shimano would have different brake type called VBS. Those are color coded as mentioned above. I use gray and clear so I can choose how light/heavy just like new shimano SVS with external dial adjustment.

 

39 minutes ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:

For aldebaran 50 normally come with white brake shoe (2nd gen) while red is 1st gen on curado 200i. I’m not sure if those are different in braking performance. Now on scorpion 71 with only 2 out of 4, dont do that ever. I have done it (removed 1 out of 4) since I need brake shoes for my shallow spool. The spool will vibrate and make noise when cast, doesn’t benefit any casting distance whatsoever.

 

The old shimano would have different brake type called VBS. Those are color coded as mentioned above. I use gray and clear so I can choose how light/heavy just like new shimano SVS with external dial adjustment.

 

I want that reel ?

2 hours ago, DomQ said:

I want that reel ?

If you are serious PM me, I’m in process of converting some of my right to lefty. This reel also come with Yumeya Shallow spool for Ultra Finesse.

On 4/9/2020 at 9:21 AM, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Black, grey, green are the heavier ones for more braking. Red and clear are light. No advantage in removing any. Most likely accidentally pulled off and lost. 

Never seen anything other than clear brakes... Which Shimano reels have a different color brakes?

 I just did a Citica E with red tabs. Some models came with both. 

1 hour ago, FrogMann said:

Never seen anything other than clear brakes... Which Shimano reels have a different color brakes?

Mostly you will see different color brake shoe on old shimano reels. Here another one blue/gray and yellow from Conquest 50. This one you will see the difference of brake shoe size.