ah, yes, one of my last posts on bd's avet board....
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debated whether to post this or not. i just finished hotrodding an avet 4/02 and here's what i did.
spool bearings opened, cleaned and lubed with corrosion x
side plate bearings packed with grease, shields re-installed
drag washers cleaned and greased with shimano drag grease
screw holes greased with yamaha engine grease
4/0 handle replaced with a 5/0 handle
drag plate shimmed
this reel now delivers 30#'s of drag at strike before losing freespool, only a slight amount of load when cranking at that strike setting, and 45 seconds of freespool also at that strike setting. this means that the avet 4/02 will no longer have to languish at a max drag setting of 17 pounds at strike before losing freespool. it can FINALLY fish shoulder to shoulder with the penn 30s, the tiagra and accurate. we're talking 100# spectra and an 80# topshot with 30#'s of drag at strike. but then, of course, the drags have to be greased in order for this to work properly.
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and the answer is....
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in the foreground you see a small brass washer. it is extremely thin. it is found is several shimano lever drag reels and has a part number of "tld 0043 preload washer b." it is the perfect thickness. the inside diameter is just a few thousanths too large. this washer goes in between the right spool bearing (key #24) and the right brake (key #23). what this does is move the right brake just a hair closer to the brake disc. it's amazing what a small change like this can make.
i'm going to have to find a washer with a better fit before i start doing this on a regular basis.
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i'm also finally getting around to checking out a thrust washer that is already found in the avet ex 4/0 two speed. it's part #ex402-29. i think it's too thick, but we're going to see.
i saw an interesting comment about the avet ex 4/0 a while back...
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Originally Posted by lilharcher;591592
Ryan,
The Avet EXW 4/0 didn't work out so well.....it's didn't have enough drag for the big boys and was too large of a reel for smaller applications......it was a total inbetweener reel, thus Avet decided to scrap it and replace with the 30 series (awesome reel)....
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funny thing is that this little upgrade will increase the drag range of the lowly avet ex and exw 4/0 two speed reels from 17#'s at strike to 30#'s at strike. and at the the fred hall show in san francisco, they were dumping these two speed 4/0 avets for $269.95 plus tax.
it's a crazy business! but, hey! i just fix 'em!