"Greased" Penn Drag System

[Nauti Buoy]

I found a local repair shop for Penn, and although he was favorably impressed with the Shimano "wet" drag system, he recommended staying away from "greasing" the Penn washers. This was based on the materials used in the Penn reels: it's a fibrous material that is "waffle" in texture. In short, he felt this waflle textured material would not be as suitable for working in the special grease as the finer texture materials used in the Shimano reels. He suggested I stay with standard replacement Penn fiber washers and replace them "if" ever needed. And that is what I'm doing unless I hear solid evidence to the contrary. One concern I have is whether or not these "greased" drag systems could be pre-set to enough drag tension. I intend to set the 7500SS to 10 lbs. of drag and the 8500SS to 12 lbs.