I recently got a Lew Tournament MB and had a quick question about the brake system. This is a picture of the internal brakes on the spool. 2 on and 2 off in the picture. If I pushed one of the brakes from the inside position towards the outside of the spool have I turn that brake on or off? I guess I am asking if I want to try 1 on and 3 off which do I move what way?

Towards the spool's lip is on. You'll hear a click when it engages.

In or toward the spool shaft is off.

1 hour ago, jbrew73 said:

In or toward the spool shaft is off.

I always think about the figure skater analogy to figure it out.

 

When figure skaters pull their arms in, they spin faster. When they stick their arms out, it slows them down...like a brake.

 

So on your reel, the more of those ‘arms’ you have toward the outside of the spool, the slower it will spin.