Recently, I tuned up a friend's 6500C..he'd
addidently left the star drag fully engaged for about two years..his trouble was zero drag, with a horrible metal to metal feel and sound. I had to pry out the drag washers, they were frozen that hard to the gear. I then put some silicone bicycle grease (non-toxic) on the washers, inspected everything else and re-assembled. The drag was hard, smooth, and silky throughout the range from weak to strong..after the silicone. He liked it. I did too.. Views....? Right? Wrong? Thanks. Ken