another 6061 thread (drag related)

[filetandrelease]

guys sorry to hear your having trouble with your reels , I bought the first run and I had an issue with the drag being locked or nothing mine was just put together wrong and I  bought 2 more last year, and on all mine the drag is as smooth as glass , as i agree if you spend that kind of money things should run smooth ,
I'm sure Matt at fish 13 would want to know of these problems and help everyone out so here is the number

1-800-508-6013

[matzilla]

I just picked one of these 6061's up last night and I am a little disappointed. The bait clicker messed up right out of the box, the star drag wheel is just as bad as on the cheaper Eagle Claw inlines, and yes the drag itself is a little jumpy! I mean, it is barely noticable as far as the drag goes, but even at $50 you think you would get a decent reel with none of these problems. I honestly cannot believe they originally wanted $100 for these! Don't get me wrong,  I love the inline concept and will probably keep the reel and do what is needed to correct what is needed on this as it sounds like it is commen on these reels. I am getting the impression that most of the inlines prior to this year were a bit overpriced from what I have seen and heard about them.

that's because its the exact thing as the eagle claw

You should add a few drops of light precision machine oil to both sides of the carbon drag washer - they should never run dry. If the carbon drag produces dust it will end up in the bearings...there's no stopping it.

I ditched the crush washer behind the drag star for a small coil spring...keeps the drag star from moving unintentionally. The crush washer is a bad design.

These reels would work 10x better with a steel/felt sandwich style drag stack instead of a single washer on the brass gear. Carbon drag isn't for smoothness - it just has a higher breakaway torque than oiled felt. That's not really needed with the large arbor and light lines used with ice fishing.

[mushroom_capd_1]

After I realized the freespool didn't work I changed my mind and exchanged where I purchased it. No sense in trying to polish that turd! But that one must have really been a lemon because the one I exchanged it for works fine. Flawless compared to all of the gripes I had about the other one...like day and night!

[matzilla]

Chinese quality control at its finest