Ultimate Upgrades by Bryan Young
Convert your 3-stack to the Ultimate 5+1 Drag System"As you know the Daiwa* 400H/400HW/450H/450HW drag system leaved a lot to be desired. Could you get 22# of drag as advertised by Daiwa. I could not. I was lucky to get 15# of drag and it was sticky especially during hard runs.
Here are the pics of my original drag set-up.
Here is the Ultimate Upgrade solution.
As you can see in the above photos, you will still need to use 2 of the original drag stack metal washer. The lower keyed washer is to ensure that the 2nd Carbontex drag washer sits above the slot in the main gear for the eared washer (See diagram below), and the last eared washer it to bring the stack height to near stock thickness.
~B. Young"
Kit Contains:
- (4) - Carbontex* Drag Washers, thick
(1)- Carbontex* Drag Washer, medium
(1) - Under-Gear Carbontex* Drag Washer
(2) - Stainless Steel Keyed Washers
(2) - Stainless Steel Eared Washers
*Carbontex is a tradename of SmoothDrag.
Fits Models:
DAIWA 400H, 400HW, 450H, 450HWDISCONTINUED BY MANUFACTURER 2021
***** NO LONGER AVAILABLE *****
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