Stripping and Regreasing your Reel
Interested on some advice on stripping and regreasing my reels. I recently had my 1000 Sedona sprayed with salt water when driving around the river and as it’s only worth $80 decided to strip it and have a go at cleaning it and putting it back together so that I have confidence to service my own reels going forward. I went to my local store and they suggested the heavy duty reel grease but I had conflicted advice from two other stores that the Daiwa heavy duty grease would be too heavy for the small reels. I took it back to the original store to change but they scoffed at the second opinion and said heavy duty grease is fine for 1000 size reels. I regreased the reel using a small paintbrush to dab the grease on and put it back together but the reel was quite stiff so I restriped it and pretty much cleaned off all the grease leaving only a smear on the gears and it is much smoother but it still feels like the gears are slightly ‘grabbing’. Is this normal when applying new grease to a reel? Does anyone else strip and regrease their own reels and if so what grease do you use for the smaller reels? I was even thinking I could mix a little reel oil with the heavy duty grease to thin it out a little bit.
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Rig
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grease
sounds like too much grease
on my cheaper spin reels i use some Inox grease (its the red one in a black tube) which is also suitable for my wheel bearings on the boat trailor etc it is suitable for saltwater use and really most applications. I mix it with some light machine oil (like 3 in 1) seems to work pretty well. usually just grease by itself is a bit thick and gets pushed out of where it needs to be.
also spray some inox liberally as it leaves a nice oil residue particularly on line rollers, bail arm assembly etc
when I was doing alot more beach fishing most of my reels would cop a regular dunking and a fair bit of sand blasting and touch wood I havent had a problem
grantarctic1
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Same as Rig
I also make my own mix of grease and light machine oil. Then like you did, I use a small paint brush to coat the parts and inside of the reel.
Too thick, or too much grease will slow down the action of the reel and make it stiff.
Jackfrost80
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What ratio do you use mate?
What ratio do you use mate?
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grantarctic1
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Aprox
Aprox 50/50. Or equal parts. It takes a bit to get it mixed, so i start with the grease then slowly add the oil while stirring until it ends up as a thin grease.
I usualy use the blue reel grease ( most good quality grease should be ok ) But the oil needs to be a light machine grade. ( i use Singer sewing machine oil cause its cheep and good quality )
Jackfrost80
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I was sold the white heavy
I was sold the white heavy duty stuff that is for Saltigas after explaining it is for a 1000 and then was told "make sure you pack it full of grease, you know the Penn reels? That is why they are heavy because they are packed so full of grease". I would expect that sort of advice from BCF not a so called specialist store.
I might grab some Singer oil and experiment with some different ratios.
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flangies
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www.shimanofish.com.au/produc
www.shimanofish.com.au/products/fishing-accessories/grease.html
cant get any closer than this
Jackfrost80
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Yeah unfortunately I should
Yeah unfortunately I should have gone down that line but have already paid $21 for the heavy duty grease based on 'expert opinion' so will experiment with thinning it out with grese now
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