DIY Reel Maintenance
Submitted by JohnF on Wed, 2012-09-26 11:23
Righto, have a Stella 10,000 I want to fully service myself, but before I take it apart, decided I would start on a cheapie, so an old Daiwa Tierra 4000 that was a bit rough and noisy after one too many Amberjacks was the patient......
So, pulled apart, and all bearings and gears look and feel OK.....I thought there may have been a few gear teeth missing by how rough the reel was......hmmmm. Will clean and thoroughly inspect tonite.
Anyhoo, my quesion is, do you lightly oil, lightly grease or just clean and re-assemble the anti-reverse roller bearing........it looks very clean and I would have thought grease could cock up the function of the anti reverse.
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Dreamtime
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never
never pulled one apart myself and from lookin at that im glad i didnt.
fisherking
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LOL I did it once on a
LOL
I did it once on a cheapy. A spring shot across the shed & I never saw it again.
Needless to say, the reel never worked properly after that.
I dont mess with them anymore.
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Rig
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Oil
I use light machine oil on the shaft and bearings.
I then mix some inbox salt resistant grease with this oil and put that on the gears.
I have serviced alot of my reels and just pulled down my emblem pro to build from scratch again a couple of weeks ago.
The only reels I haven't been able to fix myself were a shimano baitrunner that should have been covered under warranty and wasn't also a tld 15 I couldn't solve the problem with
grantarctic1
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Ha Ha
Replied at the same time, I'm glad i'm not the only one that finds Baitrunners a pain to service.
grantarctic1
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Some reels
Some reels are worse than others to pull apart, but i do all my own . If you use too much grease it will slow the reel down and feel stiff to wind. I use a 50/50 mix of reel grease and light machine oil, then use a small artist brush to paint the thin grease all over the inside of the reel. This helps stop corrosion and makes sure every thing is lubed up .
Some people might disagree with this method but i find it works well as long as you dont over do it and check your service manual because some parts should be oiled only as grease will impare the function , as with instant anti reverse bearings.
PS : The only reel i hate doing is the baitrunners , they shoot springs all over the place when you open them up and are a pain to reasemble.
Cheers Grant .
JohnF
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So....oil only on the anti
So....oil only on the anti reverse?
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
grantarctic1
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As far as i know
As far as i know John, but all reels can be different. I know if you grease up the small bearings in the antireverse (most reels ) it stops them doing what they are supposed to do. They should move freely so as to lock into place when you go to wind backwards. Most of the books that came with my reels show only to use oil on those parts .
JohnF
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Cheers mate. Will give it a
Cheers mate. Will give it a crack tonite.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
crasny1
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Bugger that
I finished machano sets when I was a kid. When my Stella 10 needs a service, I am going to leave that to the experts!!! LOL
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tim-o
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All my reels ar daiwa so you
All my reels ar daiwa so you get used to them, they all have similar build characteristics. If the antireverse bearing works fine and is clean LEAVE IT ALONE. I added some genuine daiwa oil to one once and the reel began 'reversing'. The 'roughness' is likely to be a bearing. Flush each bearing with wd40 or similar to push out the grease (if it has any) and grip the center race with your fingers or leave it on whatever shaft it is from and roll the bearing, if it isnt smooth or nothy replace it. I pack extra grease into new reels and as I service existing, I believe the extra grease doesnt hinder operation but it can provide extra protection as the grease will protect and aid in water repulsion along with do its job with lubricating. Bearings, gears and moving/frictional parts cop it all bar the anti reverse bearing. Even the line roller gets grease and I oil it after each use. The drag washers get a light grease and if the drag is no longer smooth I lap the stainless drag washers with wet and dry and oil and alternate the drag washer positions. I have also started to fit ebay carbon washers and am so far happy with their performance. I even add grease to the drag knob seal to aid in water repulsion and only ever mist spray the reels after use. Garrantee if you pull your drag apart, there will be water in there. Of course extra grease here and there, where exposed will attratct sand, but 99% of my fishing is from a boat. I have dunked reels before and were under for several seconds and are still working smooth. I immedietly (that night) dissassemble the reels, flushed parts with wd40 and blew dry with compressed air, then reassembled with grease/oil. Hope this helps, Im a mechanic so it isnt hard for me to pull shit apart and work out what does what but some people may find them fiddly. Gives me piece of mind that the things have every chance of lasting a long time and perform as good as they can and I dont need to pay someone to maybe not do the job properly.
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fishfish
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reel maintenance
Ditto on Grantartics and Tim-o comments , grease { superlube} on all gears /shafts, Cals on the drag washers , and oil on the anti-reverse . Also too I just started using oil {Protecta} on the spool bearings{or any sealed bearings} on overheads with good results ,used sparingly it doesnt flick off and contaminate drag washers and lasts between services and regular washing of reels ..
Cheers fishfish
JohnF
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All cleaned, regreased and
All cleaned, regreased and re-oiled where appropriate, and hey presto, like a new reel.
Put a bit of oil on the anti reverse and seems Ok.........only saw Tim-O 's post after I finished.........
Cheers, time to knock a few sambo's off on Saturday to test the cheapie Tierra 4000 out.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.