I have had this AVET SX5.0:1 for almost 3 years now, so I thought I would open it up to see what was going on inside. Be warned: this will be a pretty long post with many pictures. I clean everything inside the reel and then put it back together. It’s a really simple design, and it was really simple to work on. I’ve really liked the reel, and I also liked working on it. I have tried to take a picture showing every step I take and why I’m doing what I am.
First, I remove the 3 right side cover screws.
The right side and spool assembly come out of the frame as one piece.
This is the rest of the frame. Clicker looks good.
The gear cover plate of the frame’s right side here needs to be cleaned up. The grease has done its job and limited any corrosion.
Here’s what was underneath the cover.
Close up of the clicker assembly. I have it pushed down into the engaged position here so that all of it is visible.
Here is what this part of the reel looks like after I have cleaned it up and greased it.
Now I’m going to work on the rest of the reel. Begin by unscrewing the preset knob. The knob is threaded onto the spool shaft, so you will have to hold the other end of the shaft while you do this.
Very nice! I will try mine with in the month cause I know where it has been:wink:
More importantly, 3:33am??? You must be done with exams and trying to unwind a bit. That or the girlfriend is holding out on you.
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The one you got was the better of the two. The one I kept and took apart above is the one that’s been blasted for hours with salt water because it in the boat no matter where I was fishing. For example, when I went to the keys that week and the wind was blowing 30kts out of the NE, but I went out to try and fish a couple days anyhow, this reel was on the boat. Your reel was safe and sound back home.
And the drag washer-
I don’t grease will hurt anything much as long as you open the reel up and clean the old grease off and put new grease on every couple months, but I am obviously lazy and don’t feel like I should have to do that. That’s why I went to using reels like the Avet instead of reels that needed more maintenance to insure they would not cost me the aggravation of losing fish.
I know you like opening your reels up and playing with them so you may want to grease your drag with cal’s or shimano drag grease.
I have heard some talk neg. about those. But after seeing the insides of one they look like good reels. And you are a pro at taking them apart. Any parts left ? Just kidding…
I have heard some talk neg. about those. But after seeing the insides of one they look like good reels. And you are a pro at taking them apart. Any parts left ? Just kidding…
An unchallenged LIE would soon become the truth…
No… no parts. Very few parts in the Avets and really easy to take apart and put back together. The only thing you can screw up is to put the bellville washers back onto the spool shaft in the wrong configuration. That would cause your drag range to be different- either go from free spool to full drag very quickly or from free spool to not much drag all the way up in full position. The right configuration will give you the right drag range though.
As far as problems with the Avets…
In their smaller reels, their older models have that lip inside the right side of the spool where a retainer ring holds the carbon fiber drag washer. That design is what you see above in this reel. The problem is that salt and water gets trapped inside that lip and can’t get out and could end up messing up the drag washer if it is stuck underneath. Their newer smaller models no longer have this design. When I say smaller models I mean the ones that are not “PRO” models, which have a very different double drag design. The double drag Pro models are nearly a bulletproof style that I like a lot. The single drag design and the spool lip and retainer ring holding the drag washer onto the spool is a flaw in my opinion. Fortunately, they changed this design to be like what you can see in my post on one of my HX’s, which is the biggest of these single drag designed “smaller” reels. There is no longer a lip on the spool for stuff to get trapped under the d
If you are gonna blatantly steal www schtick, why not just cut and paste one of Alantani’s threads over here? Or did you feel the DIY method would garner a few more “atta boy’s”?
And btw, whats the ppp for bliners down at the docks?
If you are gonna blatantly steal www schtick, why not just cut and paste one of Alantani’s threads over here? Or did you feel the DIY method would garner a few more “atta boy’s”?
And btw, whats the ppp for bliners down at the docks?
Once again Fishhawk brings a highly creative contribution to the forum.
When you degrease these parts (metal only) can you use products like Gun Scrubber to strip them down and get all the grit or will that somehow effect the alloys in these reels?
Just wondering because I got a lot of reels I need to service.
Mark
Mako 262 w T F200 Yammies
My GSP so smart I should have named her Einstein
Phin, as you stated ANY reel is worthless if it gets abused if you don’t take care of it. Don’t matter how much you spend or what kind.
Looks like you did a great job taking care of ya’ stuff…
When you degrease these parts (metal only) can you use products like Gun Scrubber to strip them down and get all the grit or will that somehow effect the alloys in these reels?
Just wondering because I got a lot of reels I need to service.
Mark
Mako 262 w T F200 Yammies
My GSP so smart I should have named her Einstein
Here are my opinions/preferences on what to do for dif. reel parts:
For plastic and graphite parts- clean with Penn rod and reel cleaner oil (you can get a spray bottle of this). If these parts are really bad, then I clean them with dawn dish soap. Never use penetrant like WD40 on these parts or they’ll discolor and/or become brittle- especially on old reels.
For brass or alloys, I still would not use something as strong as parts cleaner. It may not hurt at all though. All I do is whipe the old grease and grit off and then rub them with new grease and whipe off again. If that looks like it got most stuff I put new grease on and put them back into the reel. If it didn’t get whatever it is, then you might have to scrub with a light wire brush or steel wool.
For Stainless parts, you can probably clean them with your parts cleaner or a penetrant, but they usually don’t need that. All they’ll need is whiping off and then new oil or grease.
For anodized aluminum, you should be able to just whipe them with a cloth or q-tip in hard to reach places like I did in the reel above. You don’t want to scrub these areas with anything abrasive or put any penetrant or cleaning chemical on it so that you don’t harm the protective anodized coat on the aluminum. Put new grease on all anodized aluminum inside the reel and then whipe off most of the excess. This will cause grit to stick to it and it insulates it from the salt
Phin, as you stated ANY reel is worthless if it gets abused if you don’t take care of it. Don’t matter how much you spend or what kind.
Looks like you did a great job taking care of ya’ stuff…
An unchallenged LIE would soon become the truth…
Thank you Sir.
I can’t stand for a tool to not work when you need that tool the most.
