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jerry-rigged · 02-28-2008, 10:49 AM

Last week I tore down my LX for the first time... It's only been fished once, but I wanted to give it my best aproximation of the "Alantani" treatment...

Although this was the first lever drag reel for me to tear into, I am no stranger to opening up reels, I normally do all me reels myself, from my Abu and Shamano baitcasters, to spinners, to senators and even a few push-button zebco's and diawa's...

Anyway, back to the LX - there were were two things that confused me. #1 - the schematic showed (4) beveled washers, to be set ()(). My reel has (6) washers, I think they were set )()()(, not sure... I thought about taking two of them out, but decided against it, but I put them
back in (()())... any opinions? Should I go back in and remove a washer or two?

#2 - the drag washer seemed to be GLUED to the spool - there was no retaining ring/clip visable, and at the inside edge, there was, what looked like glue squeezed out from under the washer...

I tryed to pry the washer up, but snapped of the tip of a razor blade without moving the washer one bit... I cleaned and greased it best I could, and put it back together...

Edit - from reading the Avet forum on bloodydecks, it seems this the the "new" way for Avet, to glue the dragwashers... so no problem.

I got it back together without incident, it all seems to work fine, but there is a bit more gear noise than before - I usally use some light oil on the gear teeth, but this time I used some marine grease on the gears... Any tips on what to lube the gears with to quiet it back down?

Thanks all-
Jerry

02-28-2008, 10:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
jerry-rigged Junior member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7	Avet LX questions- Last week I tore down my LX for the first time... It's only been fished once, but I wanted to give it my best aproximation of the "Alantani" treatment... Although this was the first lever drag reel for me to tear into, I am no stranger to opening up reels, I normally do all me reels myself, from my Abu and Shamano baitcasters, to spinners, to senators and even a few push-button zebco's and diawa's... Anyway, back to the LX - there were were two things that confused me. #1 - the schematic showed (4) beveled washers, to be set ()(). My reel has (6) washers, I think they were set )()()(, not sure... I thought about taking two of them out, but decided against it, but I put them back in (()())... any opinions? Should I go back in and remove a washer or two? #2 - the drag washer seemed to be GLUED to the spool - there was no retaining ring/clip visable, and at the inside edge, there was, what looked like glue squeezed out from under the washer... I tryed to pry the washer up, but snapped of the tip of a razor blade without moving the washer one bit... I cleaned and greased it best I could, and put it back together... Edit - from reading the Avet forum on bloodydecks, it seems this the the "new" way for Avet, to glue the dragwashers... so no problem. I got it back together without incident, it all seems to work fine, but there is a bit more gear noise than before - I usally use some light oil on the gear teeth, but this time I used some marine grease on the gears... Any tips on what to lube the gears with to quiet it back down? Thanks all- Jerry Last edited by jerry-rigged : 02-28-2008 at 11:01 AM.