While I do like a nice higher end CF handle, I prefer 92-100 mm aluminum swept handles for most of my power fishing. Also, the current Zillion aluminum handles are actually very nice, especially the Zillion HD one.

KP Duty wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:18 pm

Weighed my Glorious 7'4" XH (14-150g) and it came in at 146g with plastic wrap still on the handle. Great balance as well.

That's an impressive rod weight for the rated power.

KP Duty wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:33 am

When I see folks are watching someone open a reel box, I'm like "So there are people with a worse case of tackle disease than me." Lol.

LMMFAO...

Yeppers.

I had this happen to me one time on my imx pro rod. Turn out to be to much epoxy on one of the guides and the epoxy ran down to the rings thus causing it to rub on the epoxy and would cut my line. Took a knife and rubbed on it and the residue fell off. Another time was where a ring was not centered...

That sucks that your slx dc xt is starting to feel Geary. Did servicing it help with the geary feeling? What did you use yours for mainly? I have one and it’s as smooth as the day I got it and it was most used for chatterbaits and crankbaits. Aside from my zillion sv I used this slx dc xt just as m...

Still having a hard time wrapping my head around not having a factory drag clicker in this day and age, I refuse to add a Chinese manufactured part to a JDM masterpiece. Perhaps Sagisi will corner the market with one of his creations. It's a matter of R.O.I. as well for Ryan, mostly the time and ef...

one of these days if i have the energy and time i’ll make a giant cross reference spread sheet of all daiwa/shimano parts numbers for bearings sizes, what company they’re made by, and any additional notes about said specific bearing. A lot of that information was on the Daiwa Tuning Data Repository...

Hard pass for me, as much as I enjoy Daiwa and really love the OG Z2020/Z200. Also, it appears that there is only about 90 minutes of power reserve/700 casts. Here's a copy and paste of my input on the IMZ and comparison and contrast to an electric auto flushing toilet: In regards to electric toilet...

HellaBread wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:30 pm

I have a few spare nmb 5x8x2.5 bearings on hand if you can’t find any

I'll send you a PM.

HellaBread wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:40 pm

stuff like this is where investing in cheap digital calipers is worth having around

Yessir, that's what I'm ordering next from Amazon. Lol.

I just received a very nice TDZ 103ML from Japan...main and pinion gear looks to be very clean and little use (as does the reel). While cranking with various spools, it feels as if the pinion bearings need replacement. I did grease the bearing under the drive shaft, but haven't checked the pinion g...

Driveshaft bearing and both upper and lower pinion bearings checked out good, and I applied bearing grease to all of them. It might be the gears?

I just received a very nice TDZ 103ML from Japan...main and pinion gear looks to be very clean and little use (as does the reel). While cranking with various spools, it feels as if the pinion bearings need replacement. I did grease the bearing under the drive shaft, but haven't checked the pinion g...

I just received a very nice TDZ 103ML from Japan...main and pinion gear looks to be very clean and little use (as does the reel). While cranking with various spools, it feels as if the pinion bearings need replacement. I did grease the bearing under the drive shaft, but haven't checked the pinion ge...

https://youtu.be/XnflhlnCi2k?si=Ldd-RedZpRiyg9u- This Shimano rep has all the jargon and lexicons down... professional use of superfluous corporate verbiage. He is an astute student of Shimano marketing. Still, I have too many fishing acquaintances here with the SLX reels and after 1-2 seasons, I'm...