TLD 15 drag help

[Paul H]

During the winter months I finally did an upgrade on my tld 15's, thanks again to Alan Tani for his tutorials! I put in penn carbon fiber drag washers, reel-x'd the bearings and put on aftermarket longer cranks. I didn't upgrade to the tld 20-II drag washers, because I wasn't after monster drag.

After setting the drags on my avet SX's, I put the tld 15's on the scale. I was a bit dismayed. I can set them for plenty of max drag, but the strike drag is around 4-5#'s. If I crank the pre-set down to increase the strike drag, the full drag locks up the reel. So, do I need to go to the tld 20 II bellville washers to get increase with strike drag? These reels will mainly be used by my kids, so I don't need monster drag, but want a bit more drag at strike.

BTW, they are much, much smoother after the upgrade!

[alantani]

my first thought would normally be that you have spectra slipping on the spool. check the line anyway. next would be the cam. there should be a perfectly square hole in the center of it. if it's rounded, get a replacement. then check the pressure plate to make sure it is true. i have some washers you can use to shim it up if needed. and finally, the bellevilles. got a bunch, let me know if you need any. here is the rebuild post with additional commentary that might help. please let me know how it works out. alan

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=41.0