[kurtisb]

First off, I do not own a Canyon reel. My brother has one and the only thing I see wrong with it is the distance the drag lever has to travel, much farther than an Avet. I can't put it in free spool without changing hands.

Fixing an Avet requires replacing the pinion bearing right under the drag knob. It is the only bearing that is difficult to get out. Maybe there is a special tool to get it out, but I could not find anything. Being an engineer I made my own, pops it out easily.

I used to set the drag by feel until I damaged a few bearing. Now I use a scale. I think I found an alternative to using a scale on the Avet SX. Tighten the drag until it just stops free spooling in the Bait position, just a little bit of tension. That puts it at 7 to 8 ponds in Strike and 11 in Full.