Centerpinning slow drifts

[Klamp]

The video is great, but makes me wonder even more what the heck is wrong with your reel. I'd try unspooling it and trying that same thing empty. Try doing a super long spin too and see how long it goes.

The video is good evidence for Okuma if you can narrow in on the issue.

 

[efka]

usually the bearing reels are brown and the ones with bushings are silver.

anyway

check the knob, might be too tight.

take the spool off and spray the bearings with wd40, then put your reel on the rod and lay the rod down on the table or somewhere with reel on top and by using the air compressor with dust gun attachment blow the air and spin the reel at very high rpms for 5 min.

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

check the knob, might be too tight.

back when i had aventa i did one trick that one store owner told me. the spin time went from 2 min to 4min.

take the spool off and spray with wd40, then put your reel on the rod and lay the rod down on the table or somewhere with reel on top and by using the air compressor with pistol attachment blow the air and spin the reel at very high rpms for 5 min.

You're talking about the one with bushings?

This one has the bushings replaced with bearings.

 

[efka]

You're talking about the one with bushings?

This one has the bushings replaced with bearings.

no you do that to the reel that has bearings.

 

[efka]

thats how good reels look like. you get what you pay for.

kingpin reel

btw how much you paid? sell it if you can, and get something better that will allow you to enjoy fishing. or get abec 7 ceramic bearings.

 

[fishfight]

Yup, I bought it used and have the scammer's name and number...

Anyway, what about a replacement housing? If the pin is bent, the pin is in the housing? That might help? If the whole spool is warped... then no.

Problem is with the bearings. Might need some cleaning.

I own a Ukraine made centerpin that I bought at Ebay for $30, though it has a slight wobble during fast turn , no issue on the slow start up and the reel will never spin backward right after it stops. The bearings are decent even if it does not spin for more than 1.5 minutes long, most important is the start up has to work properly on even slow drift. I am also using Siglon floating line, floating line help the drift a lot. I have to put some drag to slow down some of my drift few times.

A too heavy float with wrong split shot distribution used will not drift on very slow water either.

I doubt the fellow did intentionally tried to rip you off. Unless it has an obvious dent from being dropped, Centerpin reel does not have much mechanism except bearing issue.

return it if you can, by reselling it and not let the buyer know, you are now potentially ripping the next unsuspecting buyer. Even if you are selling it at a lost, would you buy that reel for $25 knowing it has issues? Would you sell it to someone on this board?

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

I added two small splitshot in an attempt to balance the reel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH6cj9IRg4

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

I took all the line AND handle off to inspect this some more.

When I partilaly engage the clicker, it does not click for the full rotation of the spool. zzzzzzzzz ...............silence.......... zzzzzzzzzzzzz ..silence..zzzzzzzzzzzzzz..silence.... This also leads me to believe that something is not aligned.

Also, when I spin the spool I can feel and hear (with my ear right next it) a very slight bumping.

 

[efka]

post the picture of the inside of the spool and backplate.

 

[Spinninreel]

When I watch this reel spin, I can see that there is something restricting the spin. I would clean and lubricate and if this continues, replace the bearings. The first video showed that it was out of balance, which could be a number of things, try rolling the majority of your line off and then carefully putting it back on and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Garfield the cat]

Mickealangelo
Hey guys, I'm a new owner of the Aventa with bearings. So far, I've saved money but I'm not impressed with how it handles slow drifts because I have to manually pay line out. The drifts I'd like to fish are simply too slow for the reel to spin under its own power. Spinning the reel manually also isn't an option because it stops spinning.


Try putting three split shots at the bottom of yur float an one or two every three or four inches apart. This will help. The current not strong enough, this will push yur line out better.
Good luck.

 

[Garfield the cat]

SHYTE. Take it to a repair shop an they will straighten the center pin. Seems like it was dropped an the pin is off center. No to bad. Also check the smoothness of the bearing as it slides on the pin. Any play means wrong size bearing. But it is bent. Don't forget to lube it. Don't spit on it. Lol. U can also use mineral oil. Haha I used hand cream on mine at the geen after it was grinding an sounding like a bumble bee.

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

Here are some pictures guys .

What I know so far:

-If I spin it on my bed, with all the line off of it, it does make noise. It us a whooshing sound with a tumbling sound. I can feel these "bumps" if I hold it.
-If I look closely at the spool edge when I spin it, it's pulsing. So the spool edge is either not a perfect circle, or the spool is wobbling.
-The clicker, when partially engaged, doesn't contact the spool at all points in the rotation "zzzzzz ... silence... zzzz.. silence... zzzz... silence...."
-With the handle off and all of the line off, the spool still wants to rest in a certain position, with a certain point in the spool wanting to rest closer to the ground. Flipped upside down, the same part wants to rest closer to the ground.

 

[efka]

i think you're missing the sleeve that goes between two bearings. that would explain the poor performance

 

[efka]

how are the bearings inside; do they wobble at all inside the shaft, slide them out and post the contents...

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

how are the bearings inside; do they wobble at all inside the shaft, slide them out and post the contents...

The sleeve and O-ring are there, I can see both of these parts. Also, first bearing is seated. The first bearing sometimes slides out a tad when I put the spool on the pin, but I slide it back as far in as it goes (all the way). The inner bearing (the one on the reel housing side), I'm not sure how to check if that one is seated.

 

[efka]

they both slide out on the same side.. bearing, sleeve and then second bearing. take them all out, nicely push with pencil eraser. wipe them, clean the inside shaft and spray everything with some wd40 then put all back together.

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

they both slide out on the same side.. bearing, sleeve and then second bearing. take them all out, nicely push with pencil eraser. wipe them, clean the inside shaft and spray everything with some wd40 then put all back together.

I just noticed something!!! When I spin the reel and look CLOSELY at the first bearing, at the gap between the outer casing and the inner casing of the bearing there is WOBBLE there. The gap between the middle part of the bearing that sits on the pin and the outer part of the bearing that contacts the reel is not even all the way around. I can notice this when I spin and the gap changes diameter through the spin.

edit: sorry it's not a wobble... everything seems to sit tight.. .it's that the gap around the bearing is changing in diameter as the spool spins.

 

[efka]

here you go, you found your problem.
that explains the uneven clicker, nothing is wrong with the backplate or shaft. the guy who changed the bearings messed them up. the reel was either dropped or the bearings damaged in some way. that the walls inside the bearing are not the same thickness anymore or the balls are deformed. get the bearings from boca, abec 7 for $30 free shipping and forget the headache.