When  i adjust the the brakes on my Revo when i push one of the seperate brakes up they have the tendency to slide back down. Hope thats detailed enough to get some help

Are they locked in the off position? If not, that is normal for centrifugal brakes. As long as they are not locked down, they will still engage during the cast.

When i adjust the the brakes on my Revo when i push one of the seperate brakes up they have the tendency to slide back down. Hope thats detailed enough to get some help

If you slide the brake IN toward the Axel or the center of the spool you will feel it lock into place. It will just be a light feeling but you should feel it. After you think it's locked then try yo very gently slide it back out to the outside of the reel. Just do it very gently because it doesn't take much to move them one way or the other.

If you want the brake ON you have to slide it to the outside (away from the spool Axel) just until it is free to slide that way again. I leave two on like that straight across from each other and it works perfectly no matter what I want to cast. My adjustment for weight and wind is done with the spool tension knob.

One more thing, make sure you have the brakes slid up just enough to clear the brake drum before you replace the side panel. Hope this helps.Fore what it's worth, In my opinion this is one of the best LP bait casting reels ever made to date,   Mike

Just the other day I had a friend come in with 3 Revo SL's for me to look at.

Well as I took each one out of the box to check the brake settings, I noticed that 2 of the brakes side by side were set to on or so it looked, I tried to set them to off with no luck, the pin that they were on didn't have the slight high points that lock the blocks in the off position. I found this on 2 of the 3 reels, again brand new right out of the box's. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, on their new reels, and, I don't know if the factory is aware of yet.

Boett43,

You might want to take a real close look and see if you have the same problem....

Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!!

A couple of people have made that complaint on this board that the weight was sliding up during a cast after having been pushed down and "locked" into place - the little tab had worn off.   I've seen it on another forum, too, and AFAIK Abu has been advised of that problem.

On my Revo Ss, I have 2 brakes on and 4 off.  They came with 3 on and 3 off.  I was surprised as just how much force was required to snap the brakes on and off.  

Popularity has it's cost I guess. Trying to keep them in stock may be costing them a quality issue in a place in the reels that needs to be first at QA..

Tight Lines!!!!!

I have 8 Revos right now.  I've noticed there are some differences in design and finishes depending on the lot numbers (or whatever that number is on the foot of the reel).

If you've noticed, the first Revos had solid reel foots, while later reels has reel foots that has been recessed in areas underneath - presumably to save weight (?).  The earliest reels with the solid reel foots do not seem to me to be finished as well as the later reels with the recessed reel foots.  I've noticed that the round part of the frame that houses the main gear aren't machined as nicely as later reels.  They aren't bad, they just aren't as good.

When I shop for a Revo, I always take it out of the box and look att he reel foot to make sure its one of the reels with recessed foot and not one of the older Revos with the solid foot.    

I'm going to try and take some pictures because I don't know if anything I just wrote makes sense.    

Thanks everyone for the help! Hey Reelmech is the problem you talked about only fixed by replacing the whole brake system or what?

I had the exact problem last fall with my Revo S. I called Abu Garcia and described the problem and they sent a new brake and 6 new weights  

Thanks everyone for the help! Hey Reelmech is the problem you talked about only fixed by replacing the whole brake system or what?

Just to be clear, Boett, the problem you described ISN'T the problem others were having and the one Reelmech is describing.

The problems other were having was that they were clicking the brake OFF (all the way down), but the brake was popping back ON during the cast.  

What you described is that you click the brake ON and it slides up and down the shaft.  That's not a problem - that's the way it's supposed to be.  The brake on the Revo S is either OFF (locked down), or ON (slides up and down the shaft).  The brake is a CENTRIFUGAL.  The brake weights will slide to the ends of the shafts when the spool is spinning.  Othewise, they are loose on the their shafts.  

The reason they don't lock in the ON position is because they ride up the shaft due to centrifical force and rub against the drum which they ride inside of (that brass ring on the inside of the sideplate).  That friction is what gives the braking action.  If they locked, they either wouldn't contact the drum (thus no braking action), or you wouldn't be able to get the sideplate back on with any of the brakes in the ON position.  

From what you describe, you don't have a problem.  Your Revo is working as it should.

Thanks for clearing that up for me Micro!

Great descriptions.  Thanks

Yeah basically the problem I've described, is that 2 side by side blocks couldn't be locked into the off positions, the pins didn't have the small dimple that locks the pins in the off position. This was on 2 of the 3 reels he had..

I might also add that the 2 reels that had the issues, were purchased from the same store, and the one without any issues was purchased from a different store.

IMPO: If you have any issue/s with a reel (no matter the mfg) right out of the box, return it to the mfg for warranty replacement. I don't like taking them back to the retailer because they have a tendency to wind right back up on the shelf for sale.

Tight Lines!!!!!

This is the way off the wall rumors get started about a product that is actually great and possibly one of the best on the market for the price and a company with the best public relations around today.

This is NOT a common problem for the Revo S but it has happened in the past to a few reels when they first made them. Just like anything else on the market when it's new it can have a few bugs to be worked out. Abu Garcia will back there product as they always have and I know this for a fact first hand.

Make sure you are snapping the brakes all the way closed until it is tight against the axle. If you still have a problem send it back as instructed on there web site and in the book or better yet call them and ask for Bob Hulme or one of the reel repair guys and explain to them the problem your having. When you want the true info on a product go directly to the source or in this case right to the company.   Mike