For those of you who have been spending $20 or so for the maintenance kits each time you maintenance your Calcuttas.

If you have left over grease, oil, etc. from the maintenance kits and only need drag washers Shimano will send them to you and they're cheap (I got 6 sets for $5.88). Just call customer service 949-951-5003.

Just call and ask for the correct part numbers.

Here they are:

Calcutta 50:
BNT1825
BNT1823
BNT1821

Calcutta 150:
BNT1214
BNT1424

Calcutta 250:
BNT1214
BNT1212

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.

Pete,
Do you know the numbers for the 400?
-Brian

There is a breakout of a Calcutta 400 here (http://www.shimanofishing.com/service/diagrams/calcutta-400.pdf). It looks like it has more than 2 washers (the 150 and 250 only have 2) and I'm not sure if they've changed them all to that new Dartanium or still sell the felt ones (or whatever that stuff is). Just call customer service and they should be able to figure it out for you (that's what I did).

My 150 was getting very sticky. I cleaned it but didn't have a drag washer so I just lubed up the old one. It helped but it wasn't perfect. I got these new ones, lubed them up, put them in and the drag is smoother than I could imagine.

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.

just send it in man, should be free. or at least will not cost you too much.

If you can afford to be away from it!

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.

ah touche! but most tackle ho's have back ups you know...;-)

True but I don't like my backups as much as my Calcuttas and can't afford more Calcuttas than I need, someday...

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.

exactly...