Penn 500 jigmaster question.
Submitted by Cortez474 on Fri, 2013-02-15 21:06
I recently bought one of these reels.....penn 500 jigmaster.....its an overhead with a star drag...the problem with it is no matter how tight the drag is I can still pull line off it with my hand.....anyone else have one of these or know what's wrong or how to fix it??
cheers..
flangies
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Just needs new drag washers
Just needs new drag washers
trymyluck
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I pretty sure I had one of
I pretty sure I had one of these many years ago, Youve probably got the drag washers the wrong way round or in the wrong order.Are some of the washers concave ? i cant remember now ... you need to get the instructions ...from .. ???
Cortez474
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Hmmm.....I'll have to find
Hmmm.....I'll have to find some instructions as it didn't come with any....being brand new I would have thought everything would be in the right spot....ahh well thanks fellas!!
trymyluck
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ohhhhh its new, OK.. I will
ohhhhh its new, OK.. I will bet its the line slipping on the spool mate, This is a common problem. take all the line off and see if the drag works then, then respool. Easy fix if this is the issue
bradz
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Drag
From memory the standard 500 only puts out about 6 or 7 kg of drag...perhaps less. Have you measured how much drag you are pulling? You may just have reached its max drag.
I did then the best that I knew how. When I knew better, I did better.
Cortez474
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I'll check how much drag is
I'll check how much drag is on it.....respooling sounds like a better option than trying to take it apart.....cheers again!!
Cortez474
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Bradz your on the money
Bradz your on the money mate..... I scored 2 of the same reel cos of a postage fuck up....and yeah the other one is the same......
thanks for the help..