Shimano Trinidad 30A handle upgrade
Submitted by Noxious on Thu, 2013-10-31 13:02
G'day
Had my Trinidad 30A for about 12months now, great reel. I use it for just about everything from bottom bouncing to trolling. Has handled everything I've thrown at it, including some good Sambo's and Kingy's.
The one thing I have never liked about it is the handle. It is white so it gets dirty easy, and I have never been a big fan of the ergonomics of the handle.
I used a T-bar handle on a mates reel the other day and loved it, felt good to hold and powerful.
Bought this for the Trinidad off fleabay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300879451390?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
anyone used one before? thoughts?
sammy85
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I bought a similar style one
I bought a similar style one for my tld20. It kept coming loose after mucking around with loctite for ages I just used araldite to keep it in
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Noxious
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Cheers Sammy, I will keep
Cheers Sammy, I will keep that in mind. I have loctite. Will see how it goes.
Rig
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handle
I bought a couple for a saltist and a tld reel, they didnt look as flash as urs they were black ball knobs but they turned out to be more hassle than they were worth with the threads never staying tight so i glued the TLD one as the original handle was crap and I put the saltist's original handle back on as it wasnt too bad I just got sucked in by the bling factor lol
sammy85
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Yea sounds like what mine was
Yea sounds like what mine was doing. With araldite you should be sweet mine ran through about 50-60 hrs trolling in exmouth in march and was hooked up under pressure for 3.5 hrs and didn't come loose anymore so should be cool
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