IVCB-6 Brakes

[A kid from Canada]

I picked up a Revo Winch and need some help adjusting the brakes. Google keeps showing me how to adjust the locking version but mine don't seem to lock into place and I'm worried I'll break the system if I push harder. I'm wondering if there's no internal adjustment at all. Any help would be appreciated. 

 

[Tatulatard]

No internal adjustment.  You can move the race with the dial only.

[casts_by_fly]

What he said.  I didn't even know there were IVCB-6 brakes that didn't lock until that picture.  The IVCB-4 brakes are like that in my MGX, but the IVCB6 in my STXs can lock.  I much prefer the lockable ones.

[msgf91]

If you look up some of the 1st Gen MGX information there's a guy that figured out how to safely remove the arms.  I have a 1st gen and a 2nd but I've been too afraid to remove them lol 

 

http://fishinglifestyle.net/2012/01/abu-garcia-revo-mgx-icast-best-freshwater-reel-review/

Lower in the review

[A kid from Canada]

Thanks for the replies, the only centrifugal brakes I know are from my Revo4 SX and they're pretty straight forward. Going to test this new one out next week when I fly south where there's water that isn't froze. 

[msgf91]

I'm not sure how the 6's are but I like the 4's on my gen 1 and 2 MGX.  Once I get it dialed in I can cast pretty smoothly.  

[newapti5]

Gen 4 Revo used to have IVCB-6L; the "L" stands for "lockable" I guess. You can lock/unlock each brake arm but the mechanism is sort of flimsy. 

 

 

 

 

[casts_by_fly]

5 hours ago, A kid from Canada said:

Thanks for the replies, the only centrifugal brakes I know are from my Revo4 SX and they're pretty straight forward. Going to test this new one out next week when I fly south where there's water that isn't froze. 

the ivcb brakes are better than the infini brakes. The gen 3 stx and gen 4 sx have infini brakes (I have two of each of those reels). It’s a good setup, but the ivcb is better. 

 

5 hours ago, msgf91 said:

I'm not sure how the 6's are but I like the 4's on my gen 1 and 2 MGX.  Once I get it dialed in I can cast pretty smoothly.  

I have a gen 2 mgx.  There is no question it’s smooth. My issue is that I’d like to adjust the brakes more than what it allows. In fact, I’d like to add more braking on it. I have mine cranked to max (no spool tension) and I don’t think that’s how this reel was built to fish. I think it was designed around more spool tension and lower braking.  That said, for the lures and rod I keep it to I have dialed it in and have only blown it up once by catching something in the boat with a treble on the windup (it was a spectacular cut it to the spool backlash). 

 

[ska4fun]

19 hours ago, A kid from Canada said:

I picked up a Revo Winch and need some help adjusting the brakes. Google keeps showing me how to adjust the locking version but mine don't seem to lock into place and I'm worried I'll break the system if I push harder. I'm wondering if there's no internal adjustment at all. Any help would be appreciated. 

 

This is a continuous action centrifugal brake, no setting to disable the blocks.

 

Best centrifugal brake I ever used, the most similar to a magnetic linear one. Polish the braking trail to get even better casting performance.