Upgrade Revo's

[J Francho]

Sales? Who knows. They aren't very durable reels anyway (all Revos), based on what I see after a couple years use. Guys love them, and they work well though.

What do you see breaking down in the Revos?

These parts, specifically the clutch trip and yoke posts:

[FishinTN]

Is there a upgrade for those parts? I have several going on season 2 and 3, so far so good. Hope it stays that way.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

The best thing you can do is keep them clean and lubed

[SWMIBASSER]

Do you think it would be beneficial to upgrade the drag on a Revo S with the Carbontex drag washers? I'm ordering some for my 09 Premier and was gonna get some if they were gonna be beneficial... what is the drag on a revo s?

The drag is pretty solid in those reels as is....I would grease the stock washers and call it good.

For the S, your biggest improvements will be in Bearings, and spool changes.

[SWMIBASSER]

Is the drag giving you trouble?

The premier is.. I set the hook and the bail spins or "slips" regardless.. I do not have that problem with any of my STXs.. And no the drag on the S isnt giving me any problems.. just looking for projects to do this winter to pass the time..

A carbontex washer for a old school Abu round reel works perfectly for under the main gear. Lose the stock junk washer that is under there. Then ad a carbontex washer and metal washer to the main stack.

[KenG85]

KenG85, That's what I was looking to do. Upgrade with better parts. My reels are all less than two years old and work fine. I couldn't afford to buy all winch's, so I had to settle for a couple lower end models. I thought I read in a post that all lower end Revo's could be upgraded.

There's tons of upgrades you can do to Revo S and I think it could be done for a reasonable price as well. Most of it reduces weight, swapping the brass for Duralumin.

I think the line guide is worth changing.

Spool/bearing upgrades should be fine as well. Whats cool is if you swap for the REVO inshore spool, you'll get the new infini spool, the new pitch centrifugal breaking system and higher line capacity. But I went for the the SKT spool/handle.

It's 4BB handle is butter smooth, but unneccesarily heavy so I swapped for the SKT handle.

The only thing I'm worried about is swapping the main brass gear for Duralumin gears. I just don't know if they'll handle the torque from the 24lbs of drag. I'm gonna look into why the 2010 Premier's lightweight gearing can handle it. Then maybe i'll get it's parts (if its a reasonable price.)

I also have an SX coming, so I'll probably do somethings to it as well. I think its a awesome reel, just beefy at 9oz.

[SWMIBASSER]

I wouldn't worry about cutting weight on an S. It's just not money well spent.

Lighter spool fine..

The older premier uses a lighter handle with no bearings, no bearings in the levelwind, aluminum screws, lighter spool....Basically every part in it, except the frame, and palm plate is lighter.

You can't use the 24lb drag of an S with the older Duralumin gears. (maybe it's possible on the newer gears but I can say for sure)

Reason being the main gear doesn't have the machined notches for the keyed drag plate. You can however add a carbontex washer to below the main gear. The stock Abu round reel washer fits and works perfect....You can also add a second drag plate, and washer....Still not the drag of an S, SX, or STX, but much better than the stock Premier.

[KenG85]

Well its not that expensive to lighten these reels up. I've swapped almost everything in my S for duralumin, net cost of 30-40 bux. I did realize that the older gears duralumin gears don't have the notches, but the new 2010 premier does. However, I don't think salvaged parts from these will be available for a while.  I guess I will be leaving the brass gear to the keep the impressive drag. Unless swapping the notched washer for an additional circle washer won't sacrifice too much drag. I could live with 18lbs for the weight reduction.

I added one circle washer and one carbon washer to my premier. I'd say the stock drag put out about 8lbs (i know its rated for 12), now I'd guess its a little over 12lb and feels noticeably smoother. Do you think replacing the plastic one will increase this?