shimano triton beastmaster 4/0 II rebuild

[alantani]

2 years pass ...I divorce and move, I go to play with the reel and the memory invades me , maybe I can take a better look. Chris

chris, i am certain that you see many things more clearly now.....

take a look at the tld 20/30 II post. http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=38.0 then send me a pm with your address and i will send you a shim washer set to do the full rebuild. if you want a full sized handle, i can do that as well. please keep me posted. alan

[skunked_again]

Alan , thanks so much ...I sat at the old house as I was having a craigs list sale of some items I hated to part with ... but I did ... also was the yard sale out front... I dis assembled this unit 3x and reassembled 4 times lol.... I am very familiar with the tear down and have refreshed myself quite well in the past weeks.

I sure appreciate the help and I will PM you asap.

Chris

[leeroychristison]

far out that is cool!

[bmac]

Call BS on Capt Archer? I'd like to meet the guy with the gall to do that. This was a fascinating post by Mr Tani and an equally fascinating comeback on the history of these reels by the good Capt. Thanks.

[Captain Fred Archer]

I'd like to see the guy who called BS on anything that I wrote about my history at Shimano and my role in the development of the products there too. I'm really sorry that I missed it and it seems to have disappeared. If the sob has the balls to come back I hope he has a fat wallet, because right here in front of all of you I will bet him any amount he'd like, we'll let Admin hold the money and then make the decision on who is full of shit here.

Come on, Nancy, come on back out and let's get it on.

Sorry, guys, but I simply cannot allow some crudball to come in here and call me a liar. If he doesn't come back, would somebody please PM me with his name if you remember it? I really want to know who this guy is.

Thank you.

[bmac]

Hey Capt Fred: I have a Shimano Bantam 201 lefty that sits idle in my garage. Did you have anything to do with its design? Newer baitcasters are much smoother and cast far better, but it is still a magnificently designed and manufactured reel. I could never part with it even though it is retired. I think I caught a few thousand bass on that reel back when i was cool.

[Patudo]

Alan, great post. There are a surprising number of TBMs laying around although many have difficulties with their drag system - see next paragraph...

Fred, did the larger models have a different drag material? (the ones in the 4/0 look like woven carbon fibre drag material similar to the TLD series reels.) A lot of them have sticky drags and I've been told the reason is some silicon (?) component in the drag breaking down with age. Any recommendations for drag materials that could serve as a replacement?

I do like them a lot. I like the hydrothermaljigs better for sit down fishing but the smaller sizes seemed to fit me really well (reel size, cranking power, line capacity) when stand up fishing.