Daiwa Saltist Spinning Reel Maintenance

[Jmp74]

Hey Folks,

 

Hope everyone had a good season in the Salt.

 

Wondering if anyone can help me with a quick question here. 

 

I am looking to service a few of my Daiwa reels before next season but I have found the tiny screws on the reel plate to be an extremely tough fit. I am self admittedly not a handy person and lack a lot of tools so just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of their preferred screw driver size for Daiwa reel maintenance (even better if you have taken apart a Saltist before).

 

Thanks for any help!

[GrahamN]

My preferred tool for any daiwa is @EricL

[EricL]

12 mins ago, GrahamN said:

My preferred tool for any daiwa is @EricL

yall put me in the hot seat.

 

saltist has pretty big side plate screws.

 

to DIY, a JIS (not philips) #0, 1, sometimes a 2, and a flat 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, Daiwas own SP Driver is even better.
is pretty much all you need to service most reels.

 

if your reels have a MQ body (no sideplate screws), youll need to buy a sideplate tool to unscrew the cover.

Edited November 13, 2023 by EricL

[GrahamN]

Just now, EricL said:

yall put me in the hot seat.

 

saltist has pretty big side plate screws.

 

to DIY, a JIS (not philips) #0, 1, sometimes a 2, and a flat 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, Daiwas own SP Driver is even better.
is pretty much all you need to service most reels.

Sorry lol

But I would trust you with one of my reels over daiwas service center 

 

[Jmp74]

16 hours ago, EricL said:

yall put me in the hot seat.

 

saltist has pretty big side plate screws.

 

to DIY, a JIS (not philips) #0, 1, sometimes a 2, and a flat 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, Daiwas own SP Driver is even better.
is pretty much all you need to service most reels.

 

if your reels have a MQ body (no sideplate screws), youll need to buy a sideplate tool to unscrew the cover.

Awesome, thanks!

[SongDynasty]

22 hours ago, EricL said:

yall put me in the hot seat.

 

saltist has pretty big side plate screws.

 

to DIY, a JIS (not philips) #0, 1, sometimes a 2, and a flat 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, Daiwas own SP Driver is even better.
is pretty much all you need to service most reels.

 

if your reels have a MQ body (no sideplate screws), youll need to buy a sideplate tool to unscrew the cover.

Sorry if this is a little off topic but do you have experience with maintenance on the 2023 Saltiga? I have a JDM 5000-XH with a floppy bail. The screw that attached to the bail to the line roller becomes very loose when the bail is repeatedly closed. I’ve tightened the screw but it becomes loose again after closing the bail multiple times. Thanks in advance 

[EricL]

1 hour ago, SongDynasty said:

Sorry if this is a little off topic but do you have experience with maintenance on the 2023 Saltiga? I have a JDM 5000-XH with a floppy bail. The screw that attached to the bail to the line roller becomes very loose when the bail is repeatedly closed. I’ve tightened the screw but it becomes loose again after closing the bail multiple times. Thanks in advance 

Remove screw clean off the loctite they used.  Apply new blue loctite.  Don’t use red unless you’re brave.    Screw back.
 

It’s been a known problem with the recent batches of shimanos and daiwas bail arm screws. It’s been happening to quite a few models. Stellas Twinpower Saltiga. 
 

I presume they use the screw tighten liquid produced from the same xyz company. 

[SongDynasty]

39 mins ago, EricL said:

Remove screw clean off the loctite they used.  Apply new blue loctite.  Don’t use red unless you’re brave.    Screw back.
 

It’s been a known problem with the recent batches of shimanos and daiwas bail arm screws. It’s been happening to quite a few models. Stellas Twinpower Saltiga. 
 

I presume they use the screw tighten liquid produced from the same xyz company. 

Thank you so much for the response. I will attempt the fix with your instructions. Just to confirm, I would be removing, cleaning and applying blue loctite to the screw circled in green (pic attached)? 

[EricL]

2 hours ago, SongDynasty said:

Thank you so much for the response. I will attempt the fix with your instructions. Just to confirm, I would be removing, cleaning and applying blue loctite to the screw circled in green (pic attached)? 

There’s only one screw holding them on lol

 

cant miss it. 

[SongDynasty]

9 mins ago, EricL said:

There’s only one screw holding them on lol

 

cant miss it. 

Gotcha, thank you very much