Hi, I just bought a used MXL 6.3:1, so an older edition. When I turn the handle in all lever modes there is clicking, maybe a third to a half as loud as when the clicker is actually engaged. Freespool, bait, strike, full, all makes noise when reeling. Is this normal?
The anti-reverse dogs on Avets, especially the older ones, just make noise. There's nothing you can or should do about it.
if it clicks once with every turn of the handle, it might be the main gear or some part of the drive shaft. if it clicks 6.3 times with every turn of the handle, it might be the pinion gear or some part of the spool.
It clicks with as much frequency as if the clicker were engaged... I would think even more than 6 times per handle revolution. It sounds the same as if the clicker were engaged except much weaker in noise.
first guess is to replace the black plastic collar that holds the click button. i can send you one of those if you wish. i have some extra. alan
Hello Alan, new here. So I suppose I need to order the black plastic clicker housing if my clicker is partially on all the time?
Thanks.
Kevin
the older model avets do have a clicking sound all the time, it is the design, a mentioned earlier, it is the anti reverse
the clicker housing is a small black piece of plastic and they act up all the time. send a pm with your address and i can mail out out to you.
Quote...the clicker housing is a small black piece of plastic and they act up all the time.
x2 - had the same problem meself.
Quote from: alantani on May 27, 2012, 05:41:33 PM
the clicker housing is a small black piece of plastic and they act up all the time. send a pm with your address and i can mail out out to you.
Hello Alan, pm sent. :)
send the collar out yesterday. i ordered 20 of them last year. i am down to the last one.
Alan, is there a better solution for this issue? I installed it and used it yesterday but the noise is back again already?
if the problem is the click tongue, then you should be able to hold the click knob "up" and make the clicking to away. is that the case?
Quote from: alantani on June 11, 2012, 05:42:26 AM
if the problem is the click tongue, then you should be able to hold the click knob "up" and make the clicking to away. is that the case?
Yes, that's what's happening.
ok, that's wierd. the new collar should have fixed that problem. the only thing to do now is to replace the button. you'll have to go to the avet website and order one. they do not take phone orders anymore. alan
But there should be no wear on the button? Reel was hardly used at all.
agreed. just not sure what else to do but replace it...... :-\
Replaced the clicker housing a few times with the one I got from you Alan, and the 5 more I purchased from Avet but still constant clicking. E-mailed Avet and no response. Im done with Avet reels.
I'm not trying to sound like a smartass but the older Avets (engraved sideplates) have "clicking" this is the dog in the reel and their is NOTHING you can do to stop it. Newer Avets (etched sideplates) addressed this issue with a more silent anti reverse system but there is still a slight "clicking" it is more of a feel when you crank on the reel while palming it with the other hand. It is how the older reels were designed and that is the way it is. I'm kinda shocked no one here mentioned it. Oh wait you were told about it, not once but twice. Its like trying to remove the "clicking" out of Shimano reels such as the TLD and other lines, the clicking is the dog hitting the ratchet and their is nothing that can be done to stop it. Go ahead and try to stop it in the Shimano's also and see how far you get.
So if you say this is how they are supposed to sound then why was this clicking noise not present when new? And holding the clicker button up away from engaging the actual clicker makes the clicking sound go away?
Anybody have a schematic for an older (engraved) MXL6/4?
Got to Avet's site. http://www.avetreels.net/SCHEMATICS___PARTS_LISTS.html
Scroll down to, Schematics & Parts Lists For Discontinued Avet Reels and find the reel your looking for.
Sorry, I just looked and it does not list the smaller 2 speeds.