Penn 80W Internationals Rebuilds

[CB Haws]

I an fixing to rebuild a bunch of older 80W's for a friend. Can anyone suggest greased or dry drags. These reels have the two piece drag washer and not the newer one piece 80TW or 80STW drags.
Thanks

[animal mother]

Go about half way down to super smoothies should do the trick.

http://charkbait.com/cs/maintena.htm

[alantani]

actually, i'd stick with the greased ht-100's or dura drags. prices for the ht-100's took a HUGE jump when the dura drags came out. don't know why. i have a few left in inventory. let me know if you're having trouble finding a set.

[CB Haws]

What is the best type of grease to use? Thanks for the info. I got the 8 drags for the 4 reels from a local Penn parts supplier. They were $20.95 each. They replaced the old style drags. When I told the guy who owns the reels I was going to have a bunch of parts left over he asked me if I knew what I was doing. Three of these reels have never caught a fish. The guy who spooled them said they all need new drags as they were "grabby". I do like the newer HT100 drags.
Thanks for the info.
CB

[alantani]

cal's or shimano drag grease. try cleaning them off with an old towel, apply the grease, clean off all the extra grease and give them a yank!

[CB Haws]

Thanks,
CB