Possible Curado I issue?

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Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Afrayedknot » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:47 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pT6TRWEBQqQ
By the way this isn't me, just a vid I saw. My curado is still in the mail.

EDIT: Video won't work when embedded for some reason...
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by trout27 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:52 am

Hey the video does not work for me. It says it doesn't exist.

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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by igl00jx » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:52 am

Video doesn't exist... Are you insinuating that there are no issues with the new Curado?
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Afrayedknot » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:00 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pT6TRWEBQqQ
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by trout27 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:13 am

Good find this is interesting. However carbon fiber is a pretty strong material and I would think that the key washer would flatten when pressure is out on it. Also it does not look like it has a ton of concave so I dont think a ton of pressure is on the edge of the washer.

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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Bantam1 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:55 am

The key washer does flatten with pressure. It was designed this way. All he did was ruin his key washer and replace our cross carbon washer with something he cut out of a sheet. He also used way too much grease in the bearings which will make the reel very sluggish now.
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by raul » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:28 am

The only issue in that reel is it´s s*t for brains owner. :doh:
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by jpd0144 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:49 am

raul wrote:The only issue in that reel is it´s s*t for brains owner. :doh:
That's what I was thinking ...

Something tells me he is using the reel in a salt water application and is trying to prolong maintenance intervals as long as possible at the cost of reel performance. ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Bootytrain » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:20 am

As soon as he injected his bearings with grease I stopped taking him seriously. I'm guessing his next video will be about how his curado can't cast lol.
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Afrayedknot » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:22 am

Thanks for clearing it up Bantam and others..
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by raul » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:48 am

Bootytrain wrote:I'm guessing his next video will be about how his curado can't cast lol.
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Crappielimits » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:49 am

I just got mine and it really seems like the best built Curado ever. Thank you Shimano!
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Zimbass » Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:25 pm

Bantam1 wrote:The key washer does flatten with pressure. It was designed this way. All he did was ruin his key washer and replace our cross carbon washer with something he cut out of a sheet. He also used way too much grease in the bearings which will make the reel very sluggish now.
We just received these reels here in Africa, including the seemingly hard to find leftie. Bought one straight off, and stripped it down to see the workings, and clean out the grease. The man in the video is either cooked in the head, or has anti Shimano feelings. Way too much grease in those bearings, and does he really believe that any of us could apply enough pressure on the key washer to damage the cross carbon drag washer ](*,) :doh:

It is a sweet reel, well made, and superbly smooth and light. Maybe the best reel for the money, you can buy, but I am biased :lol:
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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by OkobojiEagle » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:11 pm

I also would want to have the same amount of pressure covering the entire drag washer. When will the after-market flat key washers be available?


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Re: Possible Curado I issue?

Post by Afrayedknot » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:38 pm

OkobojiEagle wrote:I also would want to have the same amount of pressure covering the entire drag washer. When will the after-market flat key washers be available?


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As bantam said, it does cover the whole drag washer because the key washer flattens under pressure.
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