How do you adjust these? 

You remove the side plate opposite the handle.

There are usually 4 to 6 pins. Snap them toward the center they are off. snap them to the outside they are on. this is a common centrifugal brake reel. the yellow pins are the centrifugal brakes. to start off I would turn on every other one.  Try it out and adjust until you get the best distance without backlashing. I usually have 3 brakes on with a 6 pin revo. There are also several videos on youtube that explain this.

 There are a few ways cent brakes get adjusted depends on the specific reel.

9 hours ago, Russ E said:

You remove the side plate opposite the handle.

There are usually 4 to 6 pins. Snap them toward the center they are off. snap them to the outside they are on. this is a common centrifugal brake reel. the yellow pins are the centrifugal brakes. to start off I would turn on every other one.  Try it out and adjust until you get the best distance without backlashing. I usually have 3 brakes on with a 6 pin revo. There are also several videos on youtube that explain this.

Thanks, this helps a lot.

Which reel do you own? Every reel looks a little different internally. 

 

The newer Shimano's look like this, and those little tabs flip up or down and lock into place. That is how you turn a brake on or off. 

 

http://www.tackletour.com/images17/picshimcuradok7.jpg

 

 

Oiling brake tips:  Where you brake shoes are mounted to pivot, apply a minisculed drop of bearing oil and if your brake shoes pivot forward to a brass sleeve, put a tiny drop of bearing oil on a Qtip and rub it around the brass surface.  When your brakes squeal it is time to lube. 

I own a lews Mach crush baitcaster

5 minutes ago, Jonny15678 said:

I own a lews Mach crush baitcaster

You have external dial for the magnetic section and adjustable pins for the centrifugal section. If you backlash at the front of the cast you need more centrifugal.if you fluff up in the middle you need more tension or more magnets.

52 minutes ago, dodgeguy said:

You have external dial for the magnetic section and adjustable pins for the centrifugal section. If you backlash at the front of the cast you need more centrifugal.if you fluff up in the middle you need more tension or more magnets.

Thanks that helps a lot.

now, if those explanations are clear as mud... do you understand how the spool tension adjustment fits into the equation?

 

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On a reel like that, using braid, I’d say one is all you need. I’ve never seen a reel with those brakes that didn’t have a spool tension knob that does 90% of what you need to control the spool all by itself. The set the reel to the minimal side play or just where there is no side play and the “the spool tension knob is not a brake” advice is all extremely overrated, IMO. I’ll take a good spool tension knob over the best magnets any day.