Cheap Carbontex drag washers

[Spiderpig]

This site might be of interest to anyone wanting to upgrade their drag washers:

http://smoothdrag.com/price.html

They're a itload cheaper than what I can get them for locally. I might do a bulk order and do a heap of my reels at once.

[whiteman]

Been using them for a while. Fantastic service and provide excellent advice via alan tani's web site.

[MudRiverDan]

This guy is also worth a mention.
Sold me a drag carbontex drag washer for a Daiwa Excelor of all things, $5.80 delivered.

http://www.biggreenfish.com/

It is a good site to peruse just out of interest.

Dan

[Moonlighter]

Go to the Downriggershop website. They sell sheets of carbontex for $20, all you need is a wad punch and you can cut your own, we did 7 reels from one sheet!

http://www.downriggershop.com.au/car...g-washers.html

Cheers

ML

[deepfried]

Go to the Downriggershop website. They sell sheets of carbontex for $20, all you need is a wad punch and you can cut your own, we did 7 reels from one sheet!

http://www.downriggershop.com.au/car...g-washers.html

Cheers

ML

All good with the service from these guys but he only sells the 1mm sheets and its a course weave. before buying it check the thickness of your drag washers.

[Spiderpig]

This guy is also worth a mention.
Sold me a drag carbontex drag washer for a Daiwa Excelor of all things, $5.80 delivered.

http://www.biggreenfish.com/

It is a good site to peruse just out of interest.

Dan

Your not wrong, their cheaper again

[tunaticer]

All good with the service from these guys but he only sells the 1mm sheets and its a course weave. before buying it check the thickness of your drag washers.

The downrigger shop now has .5mm as well....

[Spiderpig]

Thanks Moonlighter, I bought a sheet and give it a go.

Where aare you guys getting your reel bearing from? Is there a cheap method? What is the easiet way to source sizes?

I found some sizes on Tani's website

[Stik-ugly]

Check the smooth drag site as they also supply bearings

[Hawker]

In the past I also ordered some carbon drags from the US people mentioned but they took frigging ages 3-4 weeks! There is a Sydney bloke on ebay Australia who sells em and yes you pay a bit more but I get drags from him usually within 3 days. Guess if you need drags fairly quickly he is probably your best bet.

[MudRiverDan]

Thanks Moonlighter, I bought a sheet and give it a go.

Where aare you guys getting your reel bearing from? Is there a cheap method? What is the easiet way to source sizes?

I found some sizes on Tani's website

I have not done it but BOCA bearings has their own site.

http://www.bocabearings.com/

Not sure if it is easy to do or not.

Dan