Replacement drag washers

[fishinnut]

Has anyone upgraded the drag washers on the Eagle Claw ice reel? If you did,where did you buy them and what size? Thanks

[skifisher]

Eagle Claw Fishing Tackle Co.

4245 East 46th Avenue

Denver, CO 80216

Phone: 303.321.1481 • 720.941.8700

Fax: 303.321.4750

[fishinnut]

skifisher, looking to upgrade to carbonex not replace factory washers.

[skifisher]

Sorry, mis understood what you were looking for. Try a search for “carbontex reel washers”. There are several sites that offer them. They should be able to help you. Good Fishing! Ski

[3300]

they are horrible drags, always changing when you least want it to. i got rid of them right away.
i had two apart, but did not change them. sounds like you'll need to split yours to get the specs.

[matzilla]

2nd what 3300 said...btw the cgi uses a carbon drag washer, not that its an improvement

[maddogg]

Part of the problem is the shaft and gear are metal on metal. I polished both surfaces and put STP on the mating surfaces which helped a lot, but I don't know if it will hold up. Poor design.

[DR.SPECKLER]

I just took out my ice rods and putting new line on them.but before i did that i took the cgi no.8 and eagle claw inlines off.i replaced them with spinning reels.i cant stand inlines.crap drags,off balance and rub my palm with pencil grip i use.plus the free spool feature  is not that good either and still have to strip line to get a 3mm jig to fall.

[fishinnut]

FYI: Size 3 Carbonex washers from smoothdrag.com were the closest I could find for the Eagle Claw inline. Outside diameter was very close but inside diameter needed a little filing with a rattail to fit properly.