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Originally Posted by fishr1989
the drags on the saragosa are dartanium, same as the calcuttas and trinidads. THey gum up after a lot use with grease and dirt, I put the new carbontex washers in my calcutta te and used to catch a 200lb lemon shark. I don't trust the stock washers especially when they're stuck together when you open the reel to clean it and the whole drag stack comes out as a unit rather than individual washers.
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Well, I did indicate "better" not optimal. The dartaniums are better than greased felt washers
I have a Shimano Biomaster that I'm changing the stock washers with carbontex from smoothdrags.
Same with the Daiwa SLX series reels. Great reels, but the stock washers were greased felt. After awhile, the felt washers just get dirty and all gummed up or, worse, total disintegrate.
Brian,
The bearing would provides a better support than the bushing. Same would go with the upgraded handle, two bearings in the handle knob would make for smoother cranking.