In this tutorial, I will change the click lever of the Revo Inshore L. The tutorial requires some basic reel repair skills,
and is not a complete step by step walk trough, as many of the steps is shown in other tutorials. The kicklever used
in all Revo's are identical, apart from right and left hand reels.
Not shown here is cleaning of the spool bearings, the levelvind, and the thumb bar.
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After removing handle and endcap, we discover the usual deterioration of the aluminum thread. The endcap bearing is also drenged
in old emulsifies oil, but again shows no rust.
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You loosen the screw holding the frame together, and you can loosen the sideplate for spool removal.
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We can now remove the spool. If the spool is stocked, insert two screwdrivers into the line and pull it out.
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Unscrew the four screw holding the sideplate, and lift the sideplate off and
remove the main gear. Three on the sideplate, and one in the frame behind the spool.
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Unscrew the two crews holding the orange plastcover in place, and lift it off without removing rest of the spool release mechanism.
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Now remove the 2 crews holding the driveshaft in place, and lift it off the baseplate.
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Now we can gentle remove the click lever, careful of the little spring attached to it.
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Here the new steel armored lever next to the old one.
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Clean the mainframe, and the levelvind, then grease it up. The bearing under the driveshaft should be cleaned and greased.
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Now it's time to mount the click lever and the spool release mechanism. Mount the springs with the parts they are attached to, before screwing the orange plate back in place.
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Now we can take a look at the gears and dragwashers, and clean them.
You loosen the screw holding the frame together, and you can loosen the sideplate for spool removal.
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We can now remove the spool. If the spool is stocked, insert two screwdrivers into the line and pull it out.
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Unscrew the four screw holding the sideplate, and lift the sideplate off and
remove the main gear. Three on the sideplate, and one in the frame behind the spool.
(http://www.esoxhunt.dk/images/dsc0366ut.jpg)
Unscrew the two crews holding the orange plastcover in place, and lift it off without removing rest of the spool release mechanism.
(http://www.esoxhunt.dk/images/dsc0367o.jpg)
Now remove the 2 crews holding the driveshaft in place, and lift it off the baseplate.
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Now we can gentle remove the click lever, careful of the little spring attached to it.
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Here the new steel armored lever next to the old one.
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Clean the mainframe, and the levelvind, then grease it up. The bearing under the driveshaft should be cleaned and greased.
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Now it's time to mount the click lever and the spool release mechanism. Mount the springs with the parts they are attached to, before screwing the orange plate back in place.
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Now we can take a look at the gears and dragwashers, and clean them.
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Here I needed to clean the cogwheel under the main gear with some steel wool
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Clean the drag washers and lube them with teflon grease. As an option you can replace the fiber washer under the main gear,
but I choose not to on this reel.
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Resample and lube the drag washers, then stack them back in place. Don't forget the IAR sleeve.
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Grease the main gear, and put the cleaned pinion back in place. Dip the pinoin nail in grease and place it
back into the pinion.
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Remove the bearing opposite driveside, clean it and relube it. Here I changed the shielded bearing to an
open one.
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Clean the both bearings, lube the IAR bearing with light oil, and pack the pinion bearing with grease.
We can now put the sideplate back on.
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Put the plastic cover back on, and mount the endcap.
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Mount the handle, carefull to get the order correct when mounting the shims, mount the two outer shims like this ().
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And we have a upgraded Revo Inshore L.
nice! at some point, let me mail some drag washers to go under the main gear. actually, just send me a pm with your address and i will send some out. alan
Wow, that would be really nice. I have something for you too.
deal! i'm going to just drop the washers in a plain letter envelope and throw three stamps on them. maybe four. that should get them there with no problem. alan
Cool, my next tutor will probably be the ABU flagship, the Ambassaduer Mörrum
Here an example where the Carbontex bottom washer I got from Alan came in handy, on another Revo ;)
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The ABU stock one had to be removed with a screwdriver!
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Here next to the new Carbontex washer
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Clean the gear with steelwool, and the metal washers with a cloth.
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Grease the bottom washer with drag grease, and mount it on the gear ratchet
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Grease up the rest of the Carbon Matrix washers with plenty of PFTE drag grease, and stack them
inside the gear.
i got the grease you send. so it's a teflon grease, right? not a color i'm used to......
G'day Killerbug,
Can I ask where you found the steel click lever please and what the part number is so I can order one for my own Inshore?
Many thanks, T
Quote from: BigT on April 04, 2012, 11:19:11 PM
G'day Killerbug,
Can I ask where you found the steel click lever please and what the part number is so I can order one for my own Inshore?
Many thanks, T
Sorry for the delay, but I have been traveling for some time. The part number for the LH version is 1156750, and for the RH it is 1156749. Think you have to contact ABU Garcia in AU to order the parts.
Quote from: Killerbug on January 05, 2012, 01:05:27 PM
Cool, my next tutor will probably be the ABU flagship, the Ambassaduer Mörrum
can't wait for this one 'cuz i have a morrum....
hi,i'm new into this forum site,i have a revo inshore too..wanna know about the kick lever,what kinda kick lever did u use? ???and how many piece of carbontex drag did you stack?can i put more that its spec?
sorry for too many q asked.. ;)
Quote from: budget angler on November 15, 2012, 02:02:29 PM
hi,i'm new into this forum site,i have a revo inshore too..wanna know about the kick lever,what kinda kick lever did u use? ???and how many piece of carbontex drag did you stack?can i put more that its spec?
sorry for too many q asked.. ;)
Regarding the kick lever, the part number for the LH version is 1156750, and for the RH it is 1156749. It's the same in all Revo Reels. You have to contact ABU Garcia in your country to order the parts.
In the Revo Inshore, you can only use four carbontex washers, one under the main gear, and tree inside the gear.
Hi KB, I sent a note your way re the revo's one way clutch brg..have you changed it out all same like the round C3's etc? Thanks, Ken.
Another great thread! I have three of these reels and love them dearly, but they are getting long in the tooth, and guess what they don't make it in Lefthand anymore >:( I feel confident after finding this thread that I can tackle them and make them like new again!!! Do you feel the carbontex drag washers on this reel make a big difference? Definitely must do the steel reinforced kick levers. Will be ordering up a batch of those! Thanks for posting!!!
Quote from: captscott on October 14, 2013, 05:09:22 PM
Do you feel the carbontex drag washers on this reel make a big difference?
Not unless the original Carbon Matrix ones are worn out. The Carbon Matrix, are simular to Carbontex.
Thanks for the great tutorial KB finally goyt around to rebuilding my three revo inshores, and three revo stx's (they are very similar) went with fully greased drags including the carbontex bottom washers, and the steel reinforced kick levers...wow they are better than new now. Fished them Saturday in a tournament flawless!! BTW we won!
Thank Capt, your comment's was much appreciated. You are doing bass tournaments?
Hi KB.... I went over the well-done tutorial, and noted you modified the kick lever, (pic showing the two levers side by each) but I could not see how you did that. Or was the modified kick lever a subsidiary part from abu? Thx, KD.
Thank you KB!!-Yes I fish Bass tournaments with them. I also live only an hour or so from the coast so they get a fair amount of inshore Saltwater action too (snook, Redfish, Tarpon, trout.) They are working very well for both. However I do have a few with IAR bearings going out which I am going to work on, as we discussed in the other thread. Again thanks for your expertise and insight it is very much appreciated!!
Ken there is a thread around with the info about the reinforced kick lever (very nice upgrade) I think it is the Revo tutorial that Alan started I'll see if I can find the link.
Found the link. I believe the part number is somewhere in this thread (warning it is different for right or left handed reels). You can get the part from ABU, I happened to have an order from Alan coming so I added them to that order.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=16.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=16.0)
Quote from: captscott on April 11, 2014, 05:23:45 PM
Found the link. I believe the part number is somewhere in this thread (warning it is different for right or left handed reels). You can get the part from ABU, I happened to have an order from Alan coming so I added them to that order.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=16.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=16.0)
Very fine, Thanks a tonne for the search. Appreciated. KD.
Quote from: Ken_D on April 11, 2014, 05:04:30 PM
Hi KB.... I went over the well-done tutorial, and noted you modified the kick lever, (pic showing the two levers side by each) but I could not see how you did that. Or was the modified kick lever a subsidiary part from abu? Thx, KD.
Yes it is.