Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?
ajrod88
Posted 6/3/2015 9:18 PM (#771233)
Subject: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?





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Is there a easy quick fix to this problem without taking the reel apart?
JSiegler
Posted 6/3/2015 10:42 PM (#771246 - in reply to #771233)
Subject: RE: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?




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Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI		I had the same problem with my NACL. I replaced the slide washer on each side and the clutch link and that solved it. You do have to take both sideplates off to access the clutch link, but it isn't too bad. A half-hour or less and the parts were less than $10.
Zinox
Posted 6/4/2015 9:28 AM (#771280 - in reply to #771233)
Subject: Re: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?




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I took one apart the other day that was REALLY hard to press down, cleaned and re-lubricated it, and it helped a lot, now lets see how long it keeps going.
Cedar
Posted 6/4/2015 12:29 PM (#771296 - in reply to #771233)
Subject: RE: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?




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Location: Western U.P.
ajrod88 - 6/3/2015 9:18 PM

Is there a easy quick fix to this problem without taking the reel apart?


Simple answer... no. It's a design problem that AG should have fixed by now. Mat Hegy (Mat's Reel Repair) explained it to me this way for all of the Revo Toro models - Revo Toro's, RT Winch's, and RT NaCl's. To help prolong the life of the thumb bars, press the bar down on the right side (crank side for a right handed reel). The linkage is on that side, and it is a straight press down. The left side of the bar just has a track for it to slide up and down. If you press in the middle or the left side, you are just applying torque to the thumb bar and bending the left side of the bar down. You can look at the back of a reel with this problem and see the thumb bar is crooked (bends down away from the crank side). Pressing the bar on the linkage side slows the progression of this problem.
bryantukkah
Posted 6/5/2015 1:58 AM (#771362 - in reply to #771296)
Subject: RE: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?




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Cedar - 6/4/2015 1:29 PM

ajrod88 - 6/3/2015 9:18 PM

Is there a easy quick fix to this problem without taking the reel apart?


Simple answer... no. It's a design problem that AG should have fixed by now. Mat Hegy (Mat's Reel Repair) explained it to me this way for all of the Revo Toro models - Revo Toro's, RT Winch's, and RT NaCl's. To help prolong the life of the thumb bars, press the bar down on the right side (crank side for a right handed reel). The linkage is on that side, and it is a straight press down. The left side of the bar just has a track for it to slide up and down. If you press in the middle or the left side, you are just applying torque to the thumb bar and bending the left side of the bar down. You can look at the back of a reel with this problem and see the thumb bar is crooked (bends down away from the crank side). Pressing the bar on the linkage side slows the progression of this problem.


^^^This is some solid advice. Enough said.
jwegs
Posted 6/5/2015 12:29 PM (#771416 - in reply to #771362)
Subject: RE: Sticky Thumb bar on NACL?




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Location: Twin Cities		Didn't have thumb bar issues with the first revos but did fry a few of those in other ways. Wish they could take the good out of both and combine it into one.