Penn Reel Handle Upgrade - GOMEXUS Power Knob 

I referenced this video for my install. The reel was the Penn Fierce 8000 for reference. I was all in for the drill only option. The center punch was the fix for the install. Easing the drills into the center area corrected any off center punch errors. Slowly fitting the new post into the old hole ensures a tight fit critical with the material left. The screw and threadlocker secures the assembly.

The next generation gomexus *play and plug* combination of handle and knob are the way to go😊

This is exactly what I was looking for. Every other video on how to replace a knob with a rivet and not a screw say you have to replace the whole handle. Thank you for showing otherwise!

Thank you “VERY MUCH” for the step by step video on the Gomexus knob replacement. This is by far the #1 video on how to do this right. New to the channel and I’ve subscribe, hit the thumbs up button and of course left a comment! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Also, just a FYI, Gomexus emailed me saying the middle of April customers will no longer need to drill out the shaft. They where just waiting on approval from Penn with their knobs.

I bought largest knob avail on Amazon fot my Battle III and a good friend installed for me using this video as a guide. There were challenges with install. JB Weld was needed to better attach knob stem to handle and bolts and the handle had to be filed down to make everything fit. Finished product is great and I now have a one of a kind reel. Hopefully I will be able to reel in my limit of spots when they run in a week or so. Morehead City, NC. This mod was needed due to my limited use of my left hand resulting from stroke this past January. FYI. The new Battle III DC comes with round knob. The handle is interchangeable with my Battle III. Several other Penn reel handles with round knobs are also are interchangeable.

Good tutorial! By the way for future reference, instead of spray paint, try black stove paint. Holds alot stronger alot longer against the elements

and they said it couldn't be done, haha nice vid man and great job on the step by step

you gotta love GOMEXUS for their quality and price point!

Great video. Just done mine. I used brand new drill bits and I think that was a mistake. They bit in to the pin too quickly and skidded off to the side. Took a bit of the handle out, but you don’t really see it once painted

got my gomexus 65mm power handle for my spinfisher vi 2500 today , it's actually the 3500 handle size with a 38mm knob , screws straight in . I'm gonna have to get the 35mm knob as the 38mm is a little big for my hands , but al least I can just swap it over and didn't have to drill anything. also fit my slammer 4 2500dx and ugly stik ugly tuff 30 . yes U can just swap the knob over on a slammer 4 2500 but I didn't wanna mess with the factory handle incase I decide to sell it in the future .

Great job nice video

Good video mate I'll be making my penn reels into players right away. 3/16th = 5mm (4.8mm may be too tight and may snap the ring when bumping it in to the handle.) Both of my reels are now PLAYERS!!!! One down side The sales pitch and instructions show there being a shaft for Diawa reels separate from the Shimano shaft. This Diawa shaft was not included with the two knobs I ordered from Amazon. I did the job using the Shimano shafts, but well not very good sales information.

Great video man! Thank u! .. do uk if these knobs can go on a 706Z?? I figure its preety much the same concept no matter what the handle

Definitely for the technically inclined

Beautiful Nice bro

Tried on on an old spinfisher z model butchered the stem on a 40 year old handle. Aluminum was too old and brittle. oh well.

Playa playa 🍻👍🤙🏼😎

I wanted to know what knob size you used for this if you can get back that would be awesome

what size knob for you recomended penn 4000 and 5000

What size knob do you recommend for 8000 penn reel??

for a Spinfisher 6 series, you can just swap it with a slammer 3 handle (which has the power handle) - but only the 6, it wont work on 5 series

Great video but this does NOT work. The Gomex kit does not have the right parts for Penn reels (Spinfisher or Slammer series). I tried to do one...I noticed you skipped over the actual putting the shaft into the handle ...because you cannot get a tight fit (not tight enough to last through even one fish fight)and end up over widening the whole to get the shaft to fit.. and the screw that goes onto the back side of the shaft on the handle - the screw head is smaller than the hole that was made to put the shaft in so it won't even secure anything--it just tightens to the end of the shaft and doesn't catch any of the handle. It looked like that was the case in the video too... Its a bad design

cool vid. noob except 38mm knob it says 5mm drill bit... whatever I wanted to tell you a little history lesson about the original penn clash reels. You either already know this or you,ll prob. say I,m full of crap. What if I told you that every model from the 2000 to whatever the biggest one was were all the same exact reel. The only thing different was the size of the spools. I thought I was missing something but what. My next move was calling Penn and explaining to them my discovery and was I right. there was a long silence but inside of my head it was like hearing awww shit, I then said is it true that all the clash reels are the same inside with different size spools. He says yeah that's right twice I tell him thanks and bye. I have never told anyone that story and always wondered if anybody else caught that. The only thing I never checked was how much more was the biggest reel vs how much did a large spool cost.Who knows maybe they were supposed to be different but around the time the clash came out Penn had their reels made in China. True Story my brother