This is my first posting of a reel rebuild, so please hang in there.
You can get the schematics at http://schematics.okumafishing.com/CLX300L.PDF (http://schematics.okumafishing.com/CLX300L.PDF)
This reel holds about 300 yards of 25# mono. A good looking reel for those who need line guides as not all are comfortable guiding the line on the reel, so this should help.
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As you can see, it's a complete graphite frame and side plates reel beautifully accented with gold screws and a gold anodized aluminum handle arm.. The reel foot is made from stamped stainless steel. And, the next thing I noticed was the drain holes in the side plates. That's a cool feature especially if your reel gets dunked once and a while, like some kayakers.
Based on Alan's recommendation, I removed line so that the line guide is at the far right so that after the reel is complete and put back together, I will be able to locate the proper position of the line with respect to the line guide.
Then, I removed the left side plate. Noticed that the reel is using a brass bushing. Benefit for those who don't take really good care of their reels or one that gets dunked. Well greased with a light clear grease. Nothing to service at this time as this reel will be used on a boat and shouldn't get dunked.
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Left side spool and line guide gear, also well greased. No service needed at this time. Then back installs the left side plate
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Remove the handle nut retainer and the handle nut with a 10 mm wrench.
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Make note of the washer orientation. Then remove the star
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With the star removed.
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Now let's flip the reel to the other side. Hmm, a cover (holded plate) versus a plate. That's interesting. I though about the cover vs. a plate like most reels, then it dawned on me, hey, this thing probably protects the gear and drags from getting overly wet when washed. After thinking about it, I though it was a great idea.
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Then remove the cover by removing the 3 screws. The cover also provides support for the gear sleeve and gear shaft similar to reels provided with a other reels. This one is secured to the holded plate by a screw. Now this looks familiar.
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So I remove the gears and drags. The drags appear to be a black Teflon or something smooth. I replaced those with greased carbon drag washers. Sorry, I completely forgot to measure them, and one under the gear had to be grounded down to reduce the OD of the washer.
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Here goes the washer restacking. First, the gear washer.
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Gear with the first drag washer installed. Notice this drag washer has the a larger ID than the other drag washers to clear the hub
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Then the key washer
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Then another drag washer followed by the ear washer. Notice the tabs are bent? The bent ears goes downwards.
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Then the next drag washer followed by the last keyed washer.
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Note, all carbon drag washers were greased with Cal's grease.
Then greased the gear sleeve with a mix of Cal's grease that was left behind from the installion of the drags and blue marine grease because Cal's grease was on the sleeve from installing the drags, and my brush has blue marine grease.
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Next was the beveled drag spring washer. Note curvature.
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Rub blue grease on internal parts
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Then reinstall the gear. Position the cover so that it is away from the dog to reinstall the dog or reposition it to get the gear back in. Sometimes the dog doesn't always engage. I turn the gear sleeve by hand while installing and the dog seems to move into the correct position.
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Then swing cover around and install cover screws.
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Reinstall the star. Grease the handle and install over the gear shaft. Grease the handle nut and install, then brush grease on handle nut and handle nut retainer screw hole
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Tighten handle nut and reinstall handle nut retainer and you are done and test the reel to make sure it works okay, then you are done.
Oh, about the reel, the reel is a easy to service, and filled with stainless steel and brass alloys along with graphite frame and side plates, and brass allow bushing instead of bearings. This translates to a dependable reel in nasty conditions for line probably up to 30# or so. Use, wash, and reuse without frequent re-greasing. You may probably get away with blasting the inside of of both side plates with Corrosion X after ever trip and you should be good to go for another trip, and serviced yearly as most reels.
I hope this helps you as it help me discover that posters of tutorials are awesome. It's hard to get all of the details, especially taking pics with greasy hands, then trying to communicate what you are looking at. All of you do excellent jobs and I need to practice. Thanks for allowing me to share.
Quote from: BryanYoung on June 15, 2010, 07:32:30 AM
Reinstall the star. Grease the handle and install over the gear shaft. Grease the handle nut and install, then brush grease on handle nut and handle nut retainer screw hole
(http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae348/hawaiiansurfinboy/Okuma%20CLX-300L/IMG_1957.jpg)
(http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae348/hawaiiansurfinboy/Okuma%20CLX-300L/IMG_1958.jpg)
Tighten handle nut and reinstall handle nut retainer and you are done and test the reel to make sure it works okay, then you are done.
Oh, about the reel, the reel is a easy to service, and filled with stainless steel and brass alloys along with graphite frame and side plates, and brass allow bushing instead of bearings. This translates to a dependable reel in nasty conditions for line probably up to 30# or so. Use, wash, and reuse without frequent re-greasing. You may probably get away with blasting the inside of of both side plates with Corrosion X after ever trip and you should be good to go for another trip, and serviced yearly as most reels.
I hope this helps you as it help me discover that posters of tutorials are awesome. It's hard to get all of the details, especially taking pics with greasy hands, then trying to communicate what you are looking at. All of you do excellent jobs and I need to practice. Thanks for allowing me to share.
good one bryan,not much thread on that handle nut is there
Wallacewt,
That was before I tightened down on the nut. Greasy hands, had to decide when to take the pic. Sorry if it's misleading.
Mahalos Kamu. Da bugga is hard work. Gotta really think, much different than doing.
Great talking with you too. Did my brother call you? Can you grease his Penn Spinner drag washers for me? I believe his already have HT-100s installed. I was going to ask him to send me his reels, but then he would not have anything to fish with.
bryan, mahalo. great post and wonderful work on the reels.
guys, i bought 20 of these to support a local kid's fishing program. i matched them up with an inexpensive shimano rod so that the kids will have something decent to fish with. i'm going to try to make it out fishing with this group on thursday. bryan is scheduled already. look for lots of photos. here are the rods and reels. alan
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Great post, Bryan. It becomes a bit of an addiction when you spend too much time looking at Alan's work ;D
Cheers, BigT
Bryan, great writeup! I have the CLX-450, and I'm trying to do some pre-maintinence & swap out washers. Did you ever get any idea what the size of the washers was??
Bryan, the gift that keeps giving...just used your excellent post to tear down a CL-300L, remarkably similar to your CLX-300L, major difference being a plate in the CL instead of a cover. Greased down the stock drags, waiting to get the HT-100's, so I could use it next week on the Salton Sea for some tilapia.
Thanks again for the post...Bill
To anyone using these reels, how are they holding up? How do they compare to the Penn 320gti?
The 320GTI's metal spool automatically puts it in a class above the Classic. IMHO you will need to look at the Convectors to be comparing apples to apples. See: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=774.0
That said, unless the four holes on the CLX's top bar significantly increases the frame's rigidity, the CLX's should be fished close to it's line ratings. So the CLX-200La would be 20 or 25lb test max with 7-8lbs max drag (would refrain from attempting Okuma's listed 12lbs max drag) . Have fished the CL-xx0L's, CL-xx2L's, MA-45DX's, SD-55L's, CV-30L, and CT-xxL's, and the CL's are the ones would I hesitate to push too far above specs.
The 320GTI would be easier to get parts for; for the Okuma's you will probably need to upgrade the factory washers to carbon fiber drag washers.
The CL's bushings will be good if there is a high probability that the reel could be dunked (e.g., kayak fishing).
Quote from: Bryan Young on June 15, 2010, 07:32:30 AM
Reinstall the star. Grease the handle and install over the gear shaft. Grease the handle nut and install, then brush grease on handle nut and handle nut retainer screw hole
(http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae348/hawaiiansurfinboy/Okuma%20CLX-300L/IMG_1957.jpg)
(http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae348/hawaiiansurfinboy/Okuma%20CLX-300L/IMG_1958.jpg)
Tighten handle nut and reinstall handle nut retainer and you are done and test the reel to make sure it works okay, then you are done.
Oh, about the reel, the reel is a easy to service, and filled with stainless steel and brass alloys along with graphite frame and side plates, and brass allow bushing instead of bearings. This translates to a dependable reel in nasty conditions for line probably up to 30# or so. Use, wash, and reuse without frequent re-greasing. You may probably get away with blasting the inside of of both side plates with Corrosion X after ever trip and you should be good to go for another trip, and serviced yearly as most reels.
I hope this helps you as it help me discover that posters of tutorials are awesome. It's hard to get all of the details, especially taking pics with greasy hands, then trying to communicate what you are looking at. All of you do excellent jobs and I need to practice. Thanks for allowing me to share.
Hi all from Auckland New Zealand.
Great tutorial, Alan. Very useful. The clutch on mine is jammed, and after following your tutorial, have stripped the reel and found the culprit.
New parts (2 X $0.99 each!) ordered.
Photo sequence to follow.
Tantalus
Photos of the problem.....
More... needed a hammer to dislodge it :)
HELP!!!!! I did my Bro-in-law a favor by servicing his spinning reels before our trip to the salt next month and all went well. Then I got the crazy idea to tear into his Okuma XT. he said last year they had a Shark on it and the drag was cranked all the way down and it still pulled them around. Now enter my idea to surprise him by installing carbon fiber drag in it. I read this tutorial and thought I could pull off the surprise. The surprise is on me, I have worked with it until I've pulled my hair out. I think I need professional help getting it back together right before our trip. I have had it together many times, it just doesn't work right, I know when I'm whipped. >:( Is there anyone here that can bail me out ? I must have it by 7/3/17 This freebie fun service job has gotten expensive fast. Let me know guys.... Thanks Joe
Do you wanna send it to someone, or use the forum post/replies to do it with our help?
Gfish
Thanks for the reply, I was hoping to find someone here to send it to that could put it together correctly for me in time for our trip next month. I just looked up the cost of a new one and the new carbon fiber drag washers cost $10 plus almost that for shipping so I'm halfway into a new reel. lol Wanted to pull off a neat surprise for my fishing pal bro-in-law but it seems it may have backfired. I hope someone out there can fix it for me, he'll have a new reel again with carbon fiber drag. Bring on those Sharks !
Quote from: JoeR on June 09, 2017, 06:39:21 PM
Thanks for the reply, I was hoping to find someone here to send it to that could put it together correctly for me in time for our trip next month. I just looked up the cost of a new one and the new carbon fiber drag washers cost $10 plus almost that for shipping so I'm halfway into a new reel. lol Wanted to pull off a neat surprise for my fishing pal bro-in-law but it seems it may have backfired. I hope someone out there can fix it for me, he'll have a new reel again with carbon fiber drag. Bring on those Sharks !
Hi Joe,
If no one jumps, I could do it for you but I'm leaving for a fishing trip and will not be back for another week. I'll PM you my mailing address. Just let me know if it's coming.
Bryan
It's a pretty simple reel. I'm guessing you're probably not getting the AR dog in the proper position when putting it back together. Also make sure the clutch lever is in the correct position. Simple things I know but it happens to us all. Good luck.
Thanks for the reply, I've had it back and forth many times and it seems like everything is in its place but I can't find any exact pics online, it's a 200 Classic XT and it looks a little different than this tutorial but very close. I suspect ou're right I am making a very silly error but time is against me and I need to get it fixed sooner than later.
Where are you located?
The only part that I found "tricky" part with the Okuma CL-, CV-, CT-, and SD- reels was the anti-reverse; if the dog was slightly off, it pops out in one way or another when inserting in the main gear/bridge...