First Service on my Fireblood 2500FA

[hooked_on_trout]

Well my Fireblood 2500 is about 2 years old and I thought It might be time for a check up.

Not having serviced a reel before I went into the unknown on quite a risky task especially with my favorite reel.

I pulled it right down except left the gear assembly in the body as I could spray them clean without removal.

I had purchased some Protecta reel oil and Alvey reel grease for the job, I also purchased a bottle of disk brake cleaner to flush the old lube and any dust out.

On opening it looked pretty sweet and did not really need it, but It does feel better and now I have peace of mind.

The dismantling and assembly was ok as all I needed at first was a small spanner and a few small screw drivers + Precision set.

I came across an obstacle when I had to remove a hex nut that must have been around .5mm , not your average size, but I persisted and filed down a 1.5mm allen key for the job and it worked a treat.

I noticed the reel did have a few plastic components in it, which a felt was a little bit crappy for a $550.00 reel.

I lost 2 springs in the carpet and honestly spent around an hour looking for each one, I was determined not to lose that elusive bloody spring, and you know what I found them both.

Ok I will end this with a question.

I have read the Fireblood 2500 has a 7kg drag.

I could not find any info on the box or schematic detailing the drag specs.

How can you tell what drag your running and what does it mean in terms of Kg?

Picture of my home made Allen key and the products I used.

Cheers

[mick fillet]

you can pre set the drag using digital scales

are you using braid?

[PlasticFantastic]

I too have the Fireblood 2500 and it's proven to be a damn nice reel to use as for the drag being 7kg i'm pretty sure it was a max of 3kg. I have a couple of Daiwas that are rated to 7kg drag and the Fireblood doen't seem to hold as much as either of them, but it's alot smoother than stock Daiwa drag setup.

PlasticFantastic

[hooked_on_trout]

Mick yes I am using braid, I usually set it manually, was just wondering if the drag specs were available somewhere.

Plastic yes its a nice reel alright, I have caught some good fish on it.

Do you think it is worth throwing a set of Carbontex drag washers in it?

Cheers

[PlasticFantastic]

Personally I wouldn't bother with Carbontex washers unless the originals were poked, they're pretty good as they come from the factory.

PlasticFantastic

[hooked_on_trout]

cheers mate