RyneB Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 Put a tiny dot of oil on a q tip and run it around that gold ring that the brakes ride on. Once that ring dries out, it gets a tad noisy. Not bad though. Thanks, i will try that out. I dont mind the noise at all. But my fishing buddy (who is also a abu garcia guy) always gives me a hard time when i start casting the gen 3 because its so much louder than my gen 1's and 2's Quote
TNBassin' Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 According to the Abu rep I talked to, if you run that gold ring dry you can actually melt the brake tabs. Quote
(='_'=) Posted November 5, 2012 Author Posted November 5, 2012 the new revo can cast very very far without any backlash. You will not be dissapointed. You will be dissapointed if you dont like loud reels. This thing sounds like a fighter jet when you give it a good cast. I ordered the carbon handle and EVA knobs, and bocca bearings for my gen 3. Its going to be one bad **** reel. yesterday i had about 1 hour of spare time so i went to the lake to test my Revo S... i noticed it was loud during the cast, and also made some noise during the retireve... so i came back home and cleaned the spool bearings. i removed them, and put them in a glass with acetone... then i flushed them with water, and dried them with a hair dried... then i reinstalled them, and put just one drop of oil on each one.... today i went again to test the reel, and it is much smoother now, much more quiet, and it casts great.... i was casting weightless senkos easily with this reel.... i also cleaned the gold ring since it had come kind of grease in it, i guess ill add a drop of oil to it too to prevent damage to the brake pins as TNbassin says.... Quote
TNBassin' Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 Yeah just put a few drops on a q tip and rub it around the inside of that gold ring and you'll be good to go. While you're at it, clean off the brake tabs to get off that old grease. My Revo S brakes are much more consistent now, and distance has improved a little as well. Once a month you want to do this according to the Abu rep. Quote
(='_'=) Posted November 5, 2012 Author Posted November 5, 2012 thanx, ill do as you mention before my next trip.. yesterday i was slinging weightless 5" strike king Ochos and got a really good distance, and i had no backlashes at all, not even while adjusting the cent brakes. im really liking this reel. unfortunately i have not gotten a fish with it yet... Quote
TNBassin' Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 I caught my biggest fish on it last night, a 3.5lb smallie. The reel is so smooth on the retrieve.... Quote
(='_'=) Posted November 5, 2012 Author Posted November 5, 2012 congrats!! i fished yesterday for about 5 hours, in the morning, the local lake was really crowded, and at the ramp i spoke to a couple fishermen who said they didnt catch a single fish... neither did we... hopefully in a couple of weeks ill catch something to put this reel to the real test... so far i really like it, as someone mentioned earlier, $130 well spent.... Quote
RyneB Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 yesterday i had about 1 hour of spare time so i went to the lake to test my Revo S... i noticed it was loud during the cast, and also made some noise during the retireve... so i came back home and cleaned the spool bearings. i removed them, and put them in a glass with acetone... then i flushed them with water, and dried them with a hair dried... then i reinstalled them, and put just one drop of oil on each one.... today i went again to test the reel, and it is much smoother now, much more quiet, and it casts great.... i was casting weightless senkos easily with this reel.... i also cleaned the gold ring since it had come kind of grease in it, i guess ill add a drop of oil to it too to prevent damage to the brake pins as TNbassin says.... I clean all my reel bearings before i ever use the real for the first time. So im sure i quieted it down, but i never heard it pre lube flush and reel oil. I actually like the sound of it on a deep cast. Sounds like it should. You dont ever hear real quiet race cars do ya? lol Quote
(='_'=) Posted November 5, 2012 Author Posted November 5, 2012 I clean all my reel bearings before i ever use the real for the first time. So im sure i quieted it down, but i never heard it pre lube flush and reel oil. I actually like the sound of it on a deep cast. Sounds like it should. You dont ever hear real quiet race cars do ya? lol hahaha, i know, its the sound of power.... after the lube my reel is really quiet... if you call that "noisy", i dont know what a quiet reel is for you... before the cleaning, it was noisy, not loud but disturbing, not a noise i would want to come out of a new reel... but now after cleaning, its very quiet and smooth... Quote
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