Reel servicing

[Tornado]

With Winter dawning and Nationals on the horizon I decided to check and service my reels.Well what a surprise.After stripping them down I was astounded at the amount of fine muck I came across which became a nightmare to try and clean.I took a bucket and filled it up with pretty hort water and dumped the reels in for some 5 min's or so.The reels were the shell only after removing the drum.This helped to soften the "grime" so to speak.Whilst cleaning I battled to get into all the nookies etc, and whilst scrounging around in my workshop drwaer I found a packet of pipe cleaners.Man on man did they only work well.On ave I spent an hour per reel thoroughly cleaning cleaning greasing and oiling.Word of advice - when u dismantle the reel - place all the parts in a row as u remove them.Helps to replace the parts in the right order as some reels have "finnicky" little washers that MUST be replaced in the same manner as u found/removed them.It was fun and rewarding - u should try it sometime.Enjoy

[August]

I also service all my reels myself. Another nice thing to use is that cotton earbud stuff that you are supposed to clean your ears with. They get into al the small holes. But you use allot

[Tornado]

Thats a good idea August - thanx

[crankystanley]

i dont service my reels...spray KVD spray onto the reel then clean with pipe cleaners and wipe with a cloth...i just put a dab of oil on the places where it is required ...then after a couple years i send them to kingfisher for a service...i have learnt not fiddle with something that works.

[Attie]

I also clean and service my reels myself... Also using those tings ure suppose to use to clean your ears. Works well...

[Bergie]

Yep, been servicing my reels for years...not had a problem...very satisfiying :blue-biggrin:

[drew]

Ok, so it's only very remotely related to the topic, but here's a tip.

I use Quantum hot sauce oil and grease for my reels. I moved just over a year ago, and the house I'm renting had a few sqeaky doors... tried EVERYTHING to get rid of the squeaks, but alas. That's until I fished out the tiny bottle of oil that comes with your Shimano reel because I did not want to waste my hot sauce on doors. I put a few drops on each hinge, and within a few cycles of opening and closing the doors the squeaks were gone for good, so if you have a sqeaky door, at least you now have a bit of clout to convince the wife that you need that new Shimano reel and the oil will fix all the squeaks around the house. :blue-lol:

[bassmaster]

Ditto! Service them myself as well. One of the best ways I have found to get rid of the grease and grime is Q20. Just spray the kak out of everything and let it stand for a few minutes. When you rinse it everything just pours off. If anything is left in the nooks and crannies a ear bud works like a dream. :blue-biggrin: