It's not just okuma. Penn 80vsw did the same thing. I've worked on 3 like that and they still do it.

Mine just started doing this but in high gear while reeling in a 250g flatfall. Took it apart and no missing teeth. Only thing I see is there's play with the main gears up and down on the main shaft

I just watched you spool two reels and say they skip gears. But it's kind of your own fault in my book. It's low gear not 60+rmp gear. Low gear is for lifting/pulling at low speeds not ment for out of human capability cranking speed with a load. You add speed to any low gear does not work well in any situation car, truck4x4, bike ect. Your going to have the same results

@fieshyfish

3 жыл бұрын

yup

Was the reel designed to spin that fast in low gear?

@Mco998-pf1wi

3 ай бұрын

Probably not, I have no idea how someone would be able to reel that fast by hand

Could be a stripped gear tooth inside the reel damn and being a Special Edition probably wont be any parts available for it .

Its cause you spinning it on low gear faster than its meant 2 be used

Maybe ask Basil at BHP he must have spooled thousands of reels with spectra, ask him what drag he spools reels at. 20lbs of drag at that speed looks like a lot of load to me. I would have thought at 10 lbs all the stretch is out of the braid so anything more is just going to cause wear and tear or failure

@jimquantic

2 жыл бұрын

10 pound load IS a lot of load--for sure, still with modern reels going way past that mark, I would not think there should be any slippage--not at the price tag.

Hi Alan, I would like to buy an okuma makaira 30 II sea. I've never owned an okuma and don't know about these reels. is the mechanics reliable?

@scottleggejr

28 күн бұрын

That clunk while winding is why he posted this video. I would say probably not recommended.

Is it common to wind line on two speed reels on low gear? Why not just wind it in normal gear?

@alexrodley4854

8 ай бұрын

More torque, can wind under more tension

It's like trying to turn the handle with 3ft stilsons. Waht do you expect?

I see this issue more on penn visx than the makaira..

Is the problem with winder and not reel?

@fieshyfish

3 жыл бұрын

Cranking that fast with 20lbs of pressure is a recipe for disaster.

Isn’t this a common issue with the Makairas or Okumas in general?

@fieshyfish

4 жыл бұрын

He has videos of this happening with Penn's and other reels too. It's common with all of them. Actually the Penn's were skipping much more than this Mak 20 too. This was running the best.

@fieshyfish

3 жыл бұрын

The makaira actually did best, look at the video of the Talica skipping

Why create content and not interact with subscribers questions? Doesn’t make sense,,,, What’s your motive? This is nothing new to two speed reels!!!

have you try calling Okuma 🧐, I recalled watching other videos where you are having the same problem with other brand of reels ,maybe your winding machine is the problem. 20lbs low gear and at that speed , imagen driving in 1st gear at 20mph, what would happen

WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS ? 😢

Why do you think this happens?

@fieshyfish

3 жыл бұрын

He was cranking too fast at 20lbs of pressure, the gears slip because of it. I don't imagine any reel able to crank that fast with 20lbs of pressure lol.

@Tony67032

3 жыл бұрын

@@fieshyfish and he does that for a living , I see tackle shops spooling at no more than 10lb of pressure in big reels

@jimquantic

2 жыл бұрын

@@fieshyfish What about when a BFT makes a run--and you have the drag set at that, or higher. Should it really slip?

I purchased the 5II and it also skips,sent it back to Okuma twice and they cannot fix the problem.Purchased the Andros12sIIa,that works well in low gear and retrieves SLOW in regular gears.The Okuma repairs department is in HIATUS DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS!!!GOODBYE Okuma,your craftmanship SUCKS!!