reel up keep

[cricket]

after going fishing do you just rinse your reel off with fresh water or do you also relube everything.

[Gerald]

I lightly rinse off and dry my reels after each fishing trip.

I oil my reel bearings every 3 to 5 trips.

I take my Curado apart and clean / lub it every 6 to 9 months.

[Dink]

Diawa has sealed bearings. I grease the other stuff once a year

[speck-chaser]

rinse every time,and spray down with silicone spray.

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

dont spray them too hard, because it can force water into places that its not suppose to be

the best is to just set them in a bucket of water for a few minutes then let them dry well

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

dont spray them too hard, because it can force water into places that its not suppose to be

the best is to just set them in a bucket of water for a few minutes then let them dry well

Shimano does not recomment doing this.

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

What do they recommend?

[Gerald]

Here is a link for Shimano Baitcasters reels:

http://fish.shimano.com/publish/cont...2%20pages).pdf



Here is a link for all Shimano reels: http://fish.shimano.com/publish/cont...tructions.html

[Dink]

Buy a diawa coastal......then you don't have to worry about this crap

[longcast]

Thanks for the link gerold.

[cricket]

awesome link, thanks Gerald. I printed it up and will keep for the next time. Thanks again

[Gerald]

I am supprised the instructions did not say anything about cleaning the piece that "moves" [clutch plate] when you push the thumb bar down. Or the linkage that works the "anti-reverse" part of the reel.

These areas get "cruddy" and need to be cleaned to keep the reel working smooth.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Dink

Buy a diawa coastal......then you don't have to worry about this crap

[all star rod]

Originally Posted by Dink;180853[B

]Buy a diawa coastal......then you don't have to worry about this crap[/B]

: spineyes:

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

Zebco 33 baby

[Jordan]

202 son !!

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

33

[cricket]

Please, Mickey Mouse is the bomb

[Ray]

Reelman told me to take a 409 type sprayer with a little bit of Simple Green and water and spray the reel and wipe down with a clean dry rag.
That's my new thang, unless I drop her in the water.