DAIWA SALTIST 50H Service and Maintenance tutorial - Pimp my SALTIST!

[REEFMAN]

 
Here follows an updated comprehensive Photo tutorial on how to Service a Daiwa Saltist 50H.
This tutorial can be used on the Saltist 30 and Saltist 40 as well - the reels are very similar.


PIMP MY SALTIST

There are a few recommended changes that can be made to the standard reel, which will make a good reel into an awesome machine:
 

• Drag washers should be upgraded to Carbontex. The standard drag washers are Carbon fibre, but they are thin, fragile and prone to Drag spiking. The Carbontex will last much longer and are much smoother.   
• The Plastic bushing under the Cast Control Cap can be replaced by a bearing - this just makes the reel so much more solid in feel and torque.   
• A spring can be added to the Dog Pawl, which prevents the Anti-reverse mechanism from failing. A sticky Dog Pawl or an overgreased Roller bearing has been know to cause failure of the Anti-reverse mechanism.   
• Bearings can be replaced with Abec 5 bearings (from Boca Bearings) - these are Ceramic ball/stainless steel high precision bearings and make a significant difference to the reel.   
• The handle can be changed to a Power Handle, which can be obtained from Reelcomfort.com

 


Bearing sizes for the Saltist range:

Cast control bearing 3x8x4
Drive shaft bearing 7x14x3.5
Top drive shaft bearing 8x14x4
LHS Spool bearing 4x11x4
RHS Spool bearing 8x14x4

This tutorial goes through a comprehensive Daiwa Saltist service - this is not always necessary, a much more basic service leaves out taking the side plates apart.


Notes on maintenance:
Once disassembled, all parts can be placed into a bath of Benzine, which dissolves all old grease and oil. Parts can be scrubbed with a toothbrush and then thoroughly dried on Roller towel.

Generally, all moving parts should be liberally greased and bearings should be oiled.
Surecatch/Cal's grease/Kingfisher Red are all good greases.
Good oils to use are Penn lube, Daiwa Reel oil, Shimano reel Oil, ReelX and concoctions of fully synthetic lubes. Personally, I mix Mobil 1 Motor oil with Rocket fuel - giving a nice balance of viscosity and protection.
So let's go...!

Please make sure you have a diagram of the schematics on hand... this always helps!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Now we go to the inside of the RHSide plate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
What we have so far...

 

 
Now to the LHSide plate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Now we put piece by piece into a Benzine tub and thoroughly scrub and clean.
Then we start with re-assembly...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
Onto the body of the reel...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Now we discard our old Carbon fibre Drag washers and replace them with the Carbontex Washers obtainable from Smoothdrag.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Now we move onto the re-assembly of the LHSide plate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Now onto the Spool

 

 

 

 

 
Hope this helps someone out there...

SCHEMATICS BELOW:

 
 
 

[REEFMAN]

Now a bit of info on the refurbishing of the Reel...

The Saltist has a Plastic coating covering the side plates, which are made of Aluminium, and so is the frame. This coating can become pretty scrappy after a few years...

To take it off, the best way I found was through good old elbow grease with 800 grit Waterpaper. A Sandblaster apparently works quite well, but is not always available. Once the paint is removed down to pure metal, one can use 1200-1400 grit Waterpaper to further smooth out the scratches. From there, it's a few felt and rubber tip Dremmel tips (electric hobbyist drill handpiece) to do some polishing and shining.

Silvo, the Silver Jewellery cleaner also worked pretty well too - gives a nice shine.
I engraved my name in with a dental handpiece and coloured the writing with khoki pen.

After that I sprayed the reel with 5 coats of Rustoleum Clear Gloss spraypaint (Hardware store)... bling bling!

[REEFMAN]

Then we decided to bling the handle. Got a Power handle from Reelcomfort.com... sprayed it blue and red...

Had to drill the old handle off and make a larger hole in the handle for it to fit. The Power handle fits nicely into the palm of your hand, beats the old handle hands down ('scuse the pun!)...!

[John F]

And Reefman does it again!!!!
 

[super_daav]

Awesome post there!!! What happens when you are left 2 tiny pieces!?! 

Have some cred...

[BigG]

Clearly you have to much time on your hands my firend

Great tutorial

So when can i send my saltist to you for the upgrades????????

[REEFMAN]

Get the parts and I'll do it for you no probs!

[BigG]

Get the parts and I'll do it for you no probs!

Cheers !!

Let me get hold of Boca bearings

[Tsutsuma]

Cheers !!

Let me get hold of Boca bearings

BigG
I would like to do the same with my Saltist 50H
Can you keep me informed and might you consider getting a set for me as well??
I can transfer the money to you asap
Let me know please
Thanks
Carlos
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[BigG]

I will do sir, I see Boca is an international company, so will have to order from overseas and ship it

One of my suppliers is in the states so i will see if i can place order and consolidate with one of my shipments

Will keep you up to speed

[BigG]

I'll probably order a few in case some other members wish to do an upgrade as well

Reefman, you see what you have started now !!

Don't post anymore lekker ideas, it costs money mate

[maasbanker]

    ONLY on Ultimate Angling !! WOW ! Awsome post once again Reefman !!

[REEFMAN]

Shot guys... hope it helps someone!

I hav contacted the guy who supplies the Boca Bearings (Abec 5's) - just waiting for him to get back to me then we'll be able to get some orders in!

[Rory]

Shot guys... hope it helps someone!

I hav contacted the guy who supplies the Boca Bearings (Abec 5's) - just waiting for him to get back to me then we'll be able to get some orders in!

I'll probably order a few in case some other members wish to do an upgrade as well

Reefman, you see what you have started now !!

Don't post anymore lekker ideas, it costs money mate

Please please please place an order for me guys, I would like to pimp my SL's - (both the 50 and 30) replace the bushes withe bearings. Reefs can you advise as to which size bearings and how many of each I'd need??

[REEFMAN]

I haven't done the SL50 or the SL30 bearings... but what I've found is that generally Daiwa use the same bearing sizes in all their reels...

  Bearing sizes for the Saltist range:

Cast control bearing 3x8x4
Drive shaft bearing 7x14x3.5
Top drive shaft bearing 8x14x4
LHS Spool bearing 4x11x4
RHS Spool bearing 8x14x4

But Rory, I reckon you drop those reels off at my place and I'll measure them up, so that you don't order for nothing?

[Rory]

......But Rory, I reckon you drop those reels off at my place and I'll measure them up, so that you don't order for nothing?

If its not a hassle that will be awesome!    Besides, I drive past your place everyday!

[REEFMAN]

Ziggactly. Thats what I was thinking too.

[REEFMAN]

Ok guys... the chaps name is Johan Greyling ... Jagged Edge on UA. He has made a post with his contact details here...

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,1542.0.html

Note that these bearings are expensive, but they are Abec 5 - much higher spec than the standard bearings. Also they are Ceramic balls, covered with stainless steel races and Tracks...

[BigG]

Thanks for the info Reefz

[deenamoodley]

hi reefman

when you measure the bearings for the sl 50 and sl 30

please share this infor

as i want to upgrade my reels as well

thanx