Curado drag washer differences

arrowslinger1 · Post by **arrowslinger1** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:20 am

I have several curado 200e7's, I have one curado 200e5, the curado e5 has a much larger drag washer - why is this?
It would be the one that sits inside of the main gear.

BucketHunter · Post by **BucketHunter** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:43 am

arrowslinger1 wrote:I have several curado 200e7's, I have one curado 200e5, the curado e5 has a much larger drag washer - why is this?
It would be the one that sits inside of the main gear.

Something to do with the lower ratio having more tourque when turning the handle but when the line pulls the drag the lower gear ratio makes it easier for the fish to turn the gears. Easy to reel easy to strip drag its just the same gear going backward. The bigger washer applies more force to offset.

arrowslinger1 · Post by **arrowslinger1** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:09 am

AH! I see I see.
Thanks!

thelatrobe33 · Post by **thelatrobe33** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:11 am

It has more to do with the difference in the size of the gears than anything.

Bantam1 · Post by **Bantam1** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:15 pm

It is simply due to the gear size and that relates to the overall surface area for the drag washer. This way they all have the same drag pressure no matter what the gear ratio is.

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