The Avet SX- Tear down and Rebuild By Alan Tani - California Fishing

DementedFish · 03-20-2006, 04:00 PM

The Avet SX: Tear down, and Rebuild

By Alan Tani

I will start with the SX tear down because it's the one that I took a complete set of photos of. If needed, you can call Avet for any parts that you might need. The tear down on these reels is one of the most simple lever drag tear downs I know. Here is the Avet SX Reel schematic: http://avetreels.com/pdf/SX5-1.pdf

A local kid brought this reel over, and it was fine. He was just looking for a little more drag.

Pulling the right side plate off takes only two screws (key #31).

Remove the right side plate and spool as a unit, then set it aside. Let's take a look inside. The most common avet problem in the last half dozen reels Iworked on was a stuck clicker assembly. This one is fine. If your's is stuck, drop a little corrosion x on it from both sides and work it, or let it soak. Then slap some grease on top.

The screws (key #56) of the reel seat of this particular reel were already greased. Check your reel, because that may not always be the case.

Now to the guts of the reel. Remove the preset knob and spring (key #'s 41 and 42). You'll have to hold the spool shaft on the other side. Leave the lever exactly where it is and don't move it.

It comes apart pretty easily at this point. This is good and bad. For the photo, I've put the spool shaft back together so that you can see the bellevilles (key #5), the pusher bushing (key #6), the left spool bearing (key #7), the spool tube or bearing sleeve (key #8), the right spool bearing (key #14), two spool washers (key #16) with a spool spring (key #15) in between, and the brake bearing (key #17). Note that I've already changed the configuration of the belleville washers from "()()" to "(())".

Now, on to the drag washer. This one's clean as a whistle, front ....

And back...

I've applied a thick coat of shimano drag grease (Cal's grease will also work) to the inside of the spool and to both sides of the drag washer. The purpose is to protect these surfaces from salt water intrusion. Apply enough grease to prevent water from getting in between the drag washer and the spool.

Now wipe all the excess grease. And I mean all of it! When you're done, you should be able to look at a greased washer and a dry washer and not be able to tell the difference.

Lube the bearings with corrosion x. I've noted that some of the bearings have shields and some are open. Either way is fine.

Now put it all back together again.

Slide the spool shaft back through the side plate, hold the spool shaft on the left side and re-install the preset knob.

Grease the screw holes, and put everything back together.....

.... and watch it spin!

Now, you will recall that this reel was brought to me because the owner wanted a little more drag range. To acomplish this, I changed the belleville configuration from "()()" to "(())". The result was interesting. With every click of the knob, the drag increased predictably, going from 2.5 pounds, to 4, to 6, then 8, 10, 12, then it jumped to 15 and then to 18 before I finally lost freespool. Yup, 18 pounds of drag and i still had 45 seconds freespool!!

The problem was that at 10 pounds of drag, I started noticing a lateral load on the right side plate bearing. The handle became increasingly difficult to crank. So from a practical point of view, 10 pounds is still the maximum drag setting that you can use. Come to think of it, I should probably get this reel back and changed out the bellevilles again. There's no point in having anything more than 10 pounds of drag at strike. I'm sure the engineers at avet had already thought this through. Still, it was fun to do, even just this once!

sharkbait7 · 03-20-2006, 04:18 PM

this is pretty cool.

i still don't trust myself enough to take my reels apart. lol

but if i do get brave, where can i buy the shimano or cal grease?

BeachBear · 03-20-2006, 07:46 PM

Very cool. I was hoping that this would get posted.

Local Rookie · 03-20-2006, 09:30 PM

Yeah pretty sweet stuff! Now I just need to know how to add Earth Magnets on my Avets

Lokey · 04-22-2006, 04:22 PM

i was thininking of getting one, but is it true its like the worst castting reel on the market?

sharkbait7 · 04-22-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lokey

i was thininking of getting one, but is it true its like the worst castting reel on the market?

first of all, don't tell us who told you that, tony might get Jeff to assassinate him (or her)

second, the answer is no, which i'm sure many people will tell you in the following posts in response

DementedFish · 04-22-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lokey

i was thininking of getting one, but is it true its like the worst castting reel on the market?

I have no idea who told you that, but it is the exact opposite of what you said. They are one of the best on the market.

Local Rookie · 04-22-2006, 09:25 PM

Well, for an un-trained thumb it could be the worse, but as far as distance casting it has to be one of the better ones...

sashimi · 04-24-2006, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Local Rookie

Yeah pretty sweet stuff! Now I just need to know how to add Earth Magnets on my Avets

here you go

http://charkbait.com/article/2004/Walt_Galen.htm

Lokey · 04-24-2006, 08:03 PM

that a-hole who told me that was joking around, im gonna get one when i get the chance.

NulodPBall · 05-17-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sashimi

here you go

http://charkbait.com/article/2004/Walt_Galen.htm

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An interesting article...but from a physics viewpoint, it'll only work if there's some ferrous material in the spool...meaning: if the spool is all aluminum (or graphite) then it shouldn't work.
If there are some iron or steel pieces in the spool that rotate near the magnet, then it can work...or just spend alot of time at the park with a bottle of water and edumacate your thumb

PlatinumHooks · 05-20-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Lokey

that a-hole who told me that was joking around, im gonna get one when i get the chance.

LOL! That's funny.

Rube, Best freespool and cast you'll ever ever ever experience, word is bond on that.

like Harold(Local Rookie) said, for a newb it can be not so good; a bit overwhelming at that, because the cast is so good and very powerful, but just like casting with any reel, a newbie is going to have issues; though we know this does not apply to you, hustla'.