Taking apart drag washers and cleaning on Penn 6500SS reels

[Paul/NH]

To be honest I rarely look at the drags on my 6500 & 5500SS's. To be honest, I don't think stripers and blues put too much stress on those reels. The lighter tackle is a different story...

Im not sure about tuna...I landed two last year on the 6500SS and Im still debating whether its a mistake not to replace the washers before my Cape trip in August where hopefully we will tussle again.

[rwilhelm]

When you guys mention cleaning them in denatured alcohol, you are only talking about the metal washers right? I have always just cleaned the metal washers in warm water with a little dish soap. The teflon and HT-100's I just wipe down with a rag and put them back in if they look okay.