5-20 Posted December 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, brootalititties said: I always use a small piece of thin fabric as a cover to prevent tooling marks when tightening/loosening components that need a little torque to secure, sucks about the set screw some of those little parts are so annoying to deal with I tried doing that with an adjustable wrench but there isn't much of an edge anywhere at all on this nut. Couldn't get a hold of the nut at all. Felt lucky and was surprised I could hand tighten it enough to where it felt secure and there wasn't any loose feeling play in the handle at all. Definitely would've liked to have put a little bit of extra torque on it with a wrench though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 Wanted to post an update. Finally got to use the Zelos. Have to say I wouldn't recommend it for a swimbait reel handle. The knobs are really thin and my fingers kept on slipping off. The rubber isn't as tacky as the Shimano OEM knobs are and while the rubber feels nice, it's also much smoother and slippier. The posts are really thin. Not sure what size they are but they are not large enough for the DRT Knobs and MK1 wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtuse_Angler Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) I would try a studio composite. They have a few in that 90-100 mm range. I have a backlash's/studio composite 96mm. They knobs are big but not huge…very comfortable. I think they do have some flat knob options for their handles. Edited December 3, 2023 by Obtuse_Angler 5-20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 5 hours ago, Obtuse_Angler said: I would try a studio composite. They have a few in that 90-100 mm range. I have a backlash's/studio composite 96mm. They knobs are big but not huge…very comfortable. I think they do have some flat knob options for their handles. Thanks. I actually have a 95mm Curado 200K handle coming in. I think that should work just fine. If it doesn't, I'll go back and take another look at those Studio Composite handles. brootalititties 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsaw Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 2:40 PM, 5-20 said: Thanks. I actually have a 95mm Curado 200K handle coming in. I think that should work just fine. If it doesn't, I'll go back and take another look at those Studio Composite handles. How did you get a 95mm Curado K Handle I saw that they were not in the Shimano website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Warsaw said: How did you get a 95mm Curado K Handle I saw that they were not in the Shimano website? The black market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzxmnky Posted December 9, 2023 Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 Try using the new style EVA flat knobs... if you cant find em, drt usa has the normal eva knobs now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted December 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Jzxmnky said: Edited December 9, 2023 by 5-20 N/m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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