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Well yesterday was an off work day so Ec, Mattyblazer, and myself decided on a little get together. Mattie has 2 sx Avet reels 1 with the power handle and one the regular. Upon looking at his reels I noticed the free spool was not working correctly like the video and his Blue one was binding like mine. So we jumped into it and I opened his up upon his approval. Well was I impressed. The reel is machined to perfection. I did take apart the reel with using a slot screw driver and 2 screws is all you need to acess the inside parts. The spool has a threaded rod and the Cross locks into the side plate by a notched cut out which holds the main spindle for the drag pressure. The drag to my surprise was a n ht100 exact material. It is most likely a Penn drag with out a doubt. The 4/0 size to be exact. The reel spool is centered Bal. by small stainless washers which is put on both sides of the main spindle to get an even center point of the spool. This is where I noticed Mattie?s problem. The washers were not seated correctly and had thick grease on them.
So I lined up the washers centered the spool and wiped off all the excess grease and used reelx which comes with a small tube in the box. Then seated the center spindle and cleaned the grease off both bearings on the sides of the spindle. I put the reel back and it was awesome. Both Ec and Matt agreed so it was on to the next one with the binding problem. I did find grease and a piece of the Ht100 material hanging over the pressure plate. I took matt?s knife and trim it cleaned the grease and reel x the parts. Put it back together and it was awesome. I still feel a little bind but not that noticeable! These reels are machined so tight that the littlest dirt or grease will affect them. If they are sealed up correctly and lubed! They work great. Now I cannot wait to field test them. Guess when I go to FLA. I?ll get the early worm on them. Also The Rep from NJ contacted me and was hoping he could answer some of your questions about the reels. Ok George we are all ears. 1 thing I must point out. I have many light rods with the 16 Fuji trigger seats and the SX will not fit them. Do you make a smaller footing? I need one if so? I don?t want to file down the footing. Another point is the power handle on the SX. I don?t like it! I find it too big for the reel and it throws the small body SX off BAL in a sense so I think the plain old handle is fine. But I think I will try and round the corners instead of squared I prefer a rounded handle like the Trinidad?s Let you know how I make out
So I lined up the washers centered the spool and wiped off all the excess grease and used reelx which comes with a small tube in the box. Then seated the center spindle and cleaned the grease off both bearings on the sides of the spindle. I put the reel back and it was awesome. Both Ec and Matt agreed so it was on to the next one with the binding problem. I did find grease and a piece of the Ht100 material hanging over the pressure plate. I took matt?s knife and trim it cleaned the grease and reel x the parts. Put it back together and it was awesome. I still feel a little bind but not that noticeable! These reels are machined so tight that the littlest dirt or grease will affect them. If they are sealed up correctly and lubed! They work great. Now I cannot wait to field test them. Guess when I go to FLA. I?ll get the early worm on them. Also The Rep from NJ contacted me and was hoping he could answer some of your questions about the reels. Ok George we are all ears. 1 thing I must point out. I have many light rods with the 16 Fuji trigger seats and the SX will not fit them. Do you make a smaller footing? I need one if so? I don?t want to file down the footing. Another point is the power handle on the SX. I don?t like it! I find it too big for the reel and it throws the small body SX off BAL in a sense so I think the plain old handle is fine. But I think I will try and round the corners instead of squared I prefer a rounded handle like the Trinidad?s Let you know how I make out
