okuma andros 5 II rebuild

Started by alantani, March 05, 2011, 04:57:27 AM

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wallacewt

#45
these are a real pain.
they have the markings where the dogs should go
but i dont use them.
only for 1st dog.
you might like to try this.
put 1 dog on in the correct position
so its in working order.

now slightly lift the plate and slide the 2nd dog
onto the stud(hole end 1st.)
turn the dog and it lines up with the cogs
as you lower the plate.thin wire helps
there is a large opening and a small opening
between the plate and the frame.
1st dog goes where the  smaller  opening is.
dogs must be 1st class condition or they will droop
sry i cant post pics

paal

#46
It's a balancing act, you need time and patience. It's easy to damage these dogs, and you might not even notice it when it happens, so take your time to get everything aligned. My pulse always goes up when I get to this part of the rebuild :D

But when you succeed on this part, you need not fear any reel made by men ;)

wallacewt

serviced a new andros today and pleased to say it only took 2 min; for the dogs.
grease was missing in a lot of places
the last 3 numbers on the reel foot were 223.
is that the # off the assembly line.
seems a bit weird if thats the case.
reel arrived from usa on monday  25/3/2013

gone2fish

Quote from: wallacewt on March 26, 2013, 07:30:34 AM
serviced a new andros today and pleased to say it only took 2 min; for the dogs.
grease was missing in a lot of places
the last 3 numbers on the reel foot were 223.
is that the # off the assembly line.
seems a bit weird if thats the case.
reel arrived from usa on monday  25/3/2013

Yes, It only took me 6 weeks and waiting for Okuma to send me new dogs that I ruined on the first time ;D  Honestly, I love working on my reels.  I think that is one of the reasons I like Avets, stupid simple to work and star drags.  I really like my ANdros, but this dog system, makes me think about selling all 3 of mine.  ugh, took me 20 minutes today to get the dogs in place.  Insane. ;D

johnD

I have been eye balling this combo at the tackle shop. For about $350 it's hard to resist.  ;)

Arthur1

Hey everyone! New to posting here, but not new to reading these informative posts which are in my opinion, invaluable. I bought one of these reels earlier this year and love it. I actually took it deep sea fishing off of the New Hampshire coast a few months ago and it performed well considering that we were using 20 ounces of lead. I love this little reel and after fearing the binding issue, I have looked and looked for angular contact bearings. I have been able to find angular contact bearings in the 6x15x5mm size but they are made of chrome steel. Apparently they want a larger order if they are to be made from stainless steel. One of my questions is, is this material suitable for saltwater use as long as it is well taken care of? And if I can only get this size bearing and not an angular contact bearing for the other side of the reel, is it even worth putting into the reel? Thank you in advance!

alantani

if the reel is working well enough, i would pass on the plain steel bearing.  salt water is hard enough on stainless steel.  :-\
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dutchy17

G'day all,
             Did a service today on one of these buggers and have gotten something wrong. When i push the lever up to strike there is minimal drag on the spool. I tried changing the cam around and pulling the reel down and putting back together with Alan's tutorial. I even rang Okuma and talked to the Andros specialist but still no luck. If i dial the drag drag knob up the lever becomes tighter through the quadrant but still no drag on the spool. It's got me very frustrated as i have had to line those 2 dogs up about 15 times and it's doing my head in. Any advice or suggestions on what to look at would be most appreciated.
                                 Thanks, Dirk
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alantani

any chance you have spectra that is slipping on the spool?
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dutchy17

Alan,
      I was hoping it was something as simple as that but no luck. Looks like i will have to send this one back to Okuma. I dont like to admit defeat but this one has got me.
                                                             
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dutchy17

Ended up being the belleville washers not seating properly and the c clip not in the groove on the shaft. Had to put the bellevilles in ((() to get the c clip in. This has solved the problem but i dont understand why i had to do this to get the c clip in the groove. Anybody got any ideas?
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maxpowers

This was the same problem I had with the metaloid bellevile washers.  I think you need some kinda tool to compress the belleviles along with the left side bearing so that you have enough room to slide the E clip on.

Mudman

Got my Andros 5IIA and opened her up, noticed a few small differences between the one you posted and mines. Most notably were the anti reverse pawls, they are bolted in. Handle has some slight tapering right where it mounts- for clearance?

Getting it spooled up with 50 or 65# maxcuatro this weekend, picking up a new rod as well for a 40# rig. Can't wait to fish the new setup!

alantani

if 60# hollow is an option for you, go with that.  it's much better to be able to cut and splice that to have to tie double uni's or double bimini's.
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Tiddlerbasher

A splice everytime over knots - yeh I know your knots are near 100% - no chance bro but believe what you will :D