PENN 704Z: Cleaning & Breaking down a TANK 

Going fishing in Florida next week. Going to use my dad's 1978 model and this video was exactly what I was looking for! Reel hasn't been touched in the last 20+ years so it certainly needs some TLC. Perfect in-depth look at a great reel.

Thanks had an old one I bought in pieces and your video helped me assemble it correctly

Excellent, your a pro 👍🏽

I just finished restoring/servicing a 704Z I recently purchased. I found a few internal problems: 1. The grease had lost all viscosity and was whitish and slimy, 2. The bearing and pinion took two hours to get out, 3. There was a lot of micro-sand in the housing, rotor, bail springs, and bearing. This to me meant the reel had been dunked at some point. I got it all cleaned up but the bearing was in rough shape so I replaced it. The reel turned out perfectly. It has zero cosmetic damage so even though it took an entire afternoon to do it I now have an all but new 704Z. I still have and use the 704Z and 706Z that I bought in the 70s. The reel you’re working on was probably made in 2012 because the rotor doesn’t have the band around it with line capacity, etc. on it. By the serial no’s. I know mine came from the 1970s. The reason the old-timers used to pack these reels with grease was that it was a poor man’s way to have a waterproof reel. Problem was it took a Ton of grease as well as a thorough cleaning after a few trips. Now folks being folks they got lazy and did not do the necessary cleaning. This is what destroyed so many of these reels. I liked your video a lot. I need to get one of those torque screwdrivers sometime. Great job on one of my favorite spinning reels. I have a collection of over 260 surf spinning reels that were for the most part made before 1980. - Chris

I have one of the original blue/green ones. I still use it for pier and surf fishing. When I was a kid back in the 70s, they were the reel of choice for saltwater fishing and seemed like everyone had one.

for some reason i have always felt the the materials used back in the day are better than the materials being used today like on a penn slammer 3 or 4 the gears on the penn 704z and mechanism seem sturdy enough, i may be wrong.

Thanks buddy for the great video 👍

omfg...dude....wtf?!! Penn would have repaired that for you!! and if you wanted to repair it yourself, all you needed was a tap and some solder and a propane torch. I want to be rich like you!

Sweet

Thanks that Dog and it’s co-parts have me going crazy you just showed me the Win Great video 👍👍👍

704 is a pretty nice reel, even still IMO

Just bought an original Penn 704 greenie on eBay. 160 bucks. Never used with the original box.

Love the video! I've watched it several times and it's an excellent presentation. Then I tried to service one of my two 704Z's. (It's a great advanatage to have a second wrking reel when you're doing this for the first time!). I ran into trouble with the bail cleaning and reassembly. The bail no longer flips back over to catch the line. I'm thinking it has to do with the two springs in there. Do you have any ideas? Thanks again.

Awesome

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Nice dear friend

What kind of rods is that?

More fishes with penn reels rods from USA 😃😊😃😊😃😊😃😃😊

Hi sir l have penn reels model 7500 , I see youdo very good, I love this reels, you no some people can help me fix the reel , thank you sir

Can someone tell me what the Z stands for?

I bought brand new 704z last year and ended up returning it because I felt like it was too clunky. The handle had a clunk / play when reeling. I found it super annoying. Does this one does the same? Or mine was defective?

hi, this fishing reel..is made in usa, or china..??..thks...

You cant ever go wrong with a Penn 704z reel they are the best its a shame Penn discountinued the 704z and 706z reels they are the classic work horses of surf reels ,re-release thesè reels again Penn.

did you call penn