avet sx rebuild - Page 2

lite-liner · 03-16-2007, 09:18 PM

Based on your pic's, I'd say my SX was in the moderate caregory. Still fishable by all means. I wouldn't have touched it if it wasn't for the clicker issue. glad I did, though
-Brian

alantani · 03-16-2007, 09:53 PM

penn, shimano, daiwa, accurate, tiburon and okuma all use grease on the carbon fiber drag washers in their high end lever drag reels. only the avet is still installed dry. after seeing photos like these, one has to wonder why.....

alantani · 04-03-2007, 04:26 PM

just finished another bunch of reels. posting pictures like this, you could understand why i'm not very popular with the avet faithful. here's the front side of an avet drag washer.

here's the back side of an avet drag washer.

and here's a side view.

avet needs to grease their drag washers. any pure teflon grease will do. they are located in southern california, very near to cal's 2 speeds and cal's sells a teflon grease. they could use cal's grease, which is what accurate does. there will be no loss of drag range on the top end. actually, it is my belief that teflon grease will actually extent functional drag range. you can go to higher pressures before the drag washers lock up.

avet also needs to do something about their bearings. this reel had three bad bearings out of six.

funny, in this reel, the drag was perfect but every bearing, six out of six, was rusted.

i'm sure it's obvious all that a reel only crosses my bench because there's a problem with it. while my view is most certainly skewed, i still can't help but think that something seriously needs to be done about these avet reels. alan

Ragman · 04-03-2007, 08:52 PM

Hey Alan!

Do you know the history of this particular reel? My first thought was that maybe the bearings probably weren't the original bearings?

alantani · 04-03-2007, 09:16 PM

the reels belong to friends of mine. they usually get dropped in the back of the boat with a 6 pack of beer and a note that says "thanks!". i'm certain that the bearings are original, and i've seen plenty of them lately, but i can ask if you wish. and if they are not, then these would be the third set of bearings for these reels!

Mitchw123456 · 04-04-2007, 05:56 AM

I fish all of my Avets hard and have yet to even have a speck of corrosion on a bearing. I do tear all of them down and go through them much like you do when I first get them. For this reel to keep having bearing failures it kind of makes me wonder how well the reel is taken care of after trips. Do you have any idea, as I'm curious to know.

alantani · 04-06-2007, 12:16 PM

yeah, well, that's the problem. they're not taken care of at all. but that's the reality of it. if you take care of your gear, this type of reel is great. if you don't take care of your reel, you're better off with something else.

or, you could go through a reel like this ahead of time to decrease the risk of corrosion. then you could slack off on the maintenance a little and not get burned. who know......

crofish · 12-22-2007, 02:56 PM

In the step that ends with "leave the lever exactly where it is and don't move it", I managed to do just that and the lever locked in at the end position. How do I get this back to normal, please :-)

alantani · 12-22-2007, 07:47 PM

that should be easy. install the spool and spool shaft assembly. the spool shaft should go straight through the right side plate. now install the lever and push it back to the "free" position. now screw down the preset knob.

the lever should nest in the cam and should be at it's lowest positon in "free." let me know. alan

fishchaser23 · 01-04-2008, 02:05 PM

I just recently purchased an SX, the newer version with the silent retrieve. I've fished it a couple of times and always do a freshwater rinse after fishing. I have never taken the reel apart; is this something i should do and grease up the drag washer just as a preimptive maintenance? I'm assuming the newer SX have very similar assembly/disassembly?

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Ragman Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 924	Hey Alan! Do you know the history of this particular reel? My first thought was that maybe the bearings probably weren't the original bearings? __________________ Tom www.oceantackle.net *Go Hard or Go Home!*

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03-16-2007, 09:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
lite-liner Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: little elm, tx., USA Posts: 495	Based on your pic's, I'd say my SX was in the moderate caregory. Still fishable by all means. I wouldn't have touched it if it wasn't for the clicker issue. glad I did, though -Brian

03-16-2007, 09:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 190	penn, shimano, daiwa, accurate, tiburon and okuma all use grease on the carbon fiber drag washers in their high end lever drag reels. only the avet is still installed dry. after seeing photos like these, one has to wonder why.....

04-03-2007, 04:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 190	just finished another bunch of reels. posting pictures like this, you could understand why i'm not very popular with the avet faithful. here's the front side of an avet drag washer. here's the back side of an avet drag washer. and here's a side view. avet needs to grease their drag washers. any pure teflon grease will do. they are located in southern california, very near to cal's 2 speeds and cal's sells a teflon grease. they could use cal's grease, which is what accurate does. there will be no loss of drag range on the top end. actually, it is my belief that teflon grease will actually extent functional drag range. you can go to higher pressures before the drag washers lock up. avet also needs to do something about their bearings. this reel had three bad bearings out of six. funny, in this reel, the drag was perfect but every bearing, six out of six, was rusted. i'm sure it's obvious all that a reel only crosses my bench because there's a problem with it. while my view is most certainly skewed, i still can't help but think that something seriously needs to be done about these avet reels. alan

04-03-2007, 09:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 190	the reels belong to friends of mine. they usually get dropped in the back of the boat with a 6 pack of beer and a note that says "thanks!". i'm certain that the bearings are original, and i've seen plenty of them lately, but i can ask if you wish. and if they are not, then these would be the third set of bearings for these reels!

04-04-2007, 05:56 AM	#16 (permalink)
Mitchw123456 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 233	I fish all of my Avets hard and have yet to even have a speck of corrosion on a bearing. I do tear all of them down and go through them much like you do when I first get them. For this reel to keep having bearing failures it kind of makes me wonder how well the reel is taken care of after trips. Do you have any idea, as I'm curious to know.

04-06-2007, 12:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 190	yeah, well, that's the problem. they're not taken care of at all. but that's the reality of it. if you take care of your gear, this type of reel is great. if you don't take care of your reel, you're better off with something else. or, you could go through a reel like this ahead of time to decrease the risk of corrosion. then you could slack off on the maintenance a little and not get burned. who know......

12-22-2007, 02:56 PM	#18 (permalink)
crofish Junior member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1	In the step that ends with "leave the lever exactly where it is and don't move it", I managed to do just that and the lever locked in at the end position. How do I get this back to normal, please :-)

12-22-2007, 07:47 PM	#19 (permalink)
alantani Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saratoga, ca Posts: 190	that should be easy. install the spool and spool shaft assembly. the spool shaft should go straight through the right side plate. now install the lever and push it back to the "free" position. now screw down the preset knob. the lever should nest in the cam and should be at it's lowest positon in "free." let me know. alan

01-04-2008, 02:05 PM	#20 (permalink)
fishchaser23 Junior member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	I just recently purchased an SX, the newer version with the silent retrieve. I've fished it a couple of times and always do a freshwater rinse after fishing. I have never taken the reel apart; is this something i should do and grease up the drag washer just as a preimptive maintenance? I'm assuming the newer SX have very similar assembly/disassembly?

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