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Question: "I have one of my Penn 330 GTI's apart on the kitchen table right now....
Jun. 29 2009, 10:03 AM
Jun. 29 2009, 10:03 AM
Question: "I have one of my Penn 330 GTI's apart on the kitchen table right now. The drag was sticking and upon dissassembly per your post http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=10.0, I found some badly corroded metal and deteriorating fiber washers. I wanted to know what advantage replacing the drag washer under the stack with a fiber washer serves? I will be ordering a new drag stack and some grease. Thanks again for the posts!"
Answer: I have found that the drag is a little smoother with a carbon fiber drag washer under the main gear instead of a hard fiber washer. Regarding the #6-875 drag washer underneath the main gear. it is one of the "3-layer" drag washers that penn makes and is rugged enough to withstand the pressures underneath that main gear. Penn actually uses two different types of carbon fiber sheets to stamp out their drag washers. The first is the "single-layer" sheet, which is basically a single woven sheet of carbon fiber material. It is used to make the drag washers for the long beach 60's, the squidders, the jigmasters and others. the second type of material is made from a sheet of fiberglass with carbon fiber on either side. this material is more rigid, thicker and more resistant to the "grinding" effects found underneath the main gears of these reels. You will find this type of drag washer in the 4/0 Penn Senator 113H. The #6-875 ht-100 drag washer is a "3-layer" style and works pretty well underneath the main gear.
The second issue is one of what to do about these corroded penn carbon fiber and metal washers that have suffered from water intrusion. The obvious answer is to pay your $12-15 and replace them with new, greased, drag washers. One time, though, i was just helping a kid out at a local shop. The manager had a few tools and was fine letting me crack open the reel there. The drags were filled with salt residue and rust. Ii cleaned up the drag washers with a little with a wire brush, cleaned up the metal washers with a little sand paper, slapped a thick coat of drag grease on the drag washers, threw it back together and it worked just fine! Mind you, this was just one of the local kids with nothing more than a couple of bucks worth of allowance money in his pocket. We were all was more than happy to see thist reel working again. And you know, it was pretty damned smooth!
For your reel, perhaps take a few minutes to clean up the parts and then throw it together as is. You might be pleasantly surprised!
frankie
August 5, 2009, 6:30 pm
four years ago i bought a 330gti it was mostly made of plastic. The line guide was made smaller i cant find it any where can someone hlep me? Maybe im wrong and its not a gti330 but i lost it on a fishing trip. i cant find it anywhere.
Thank you,
Frankie
August 5, 2009, 6:30 pm
four years ago i bought a 330gti it was mostly made of plastic. The line guide was made smaller i cant find it any where can someone hlep me? Maybe im wrong and its not a gti330 but i lost it on a fishing trip. i cant find it anywhere.
Thank you,
Frankie
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August 7, 2009, 10:21 am
Frankie, here's a link to the full rebuild post on the Penn 330 GTI. http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=10.0 This should guide you through the reel. If it turns out that you have missing parts, contact your local shop, contact penn directly, or go to pennparts.com and you should be able to order anything you need. Please e-mail me at alantani@yahoo.com if you need addtional help. Thanks! Alan