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Old 09-21-2015, 09:04 AM
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Does anybody take their reels to get cleaned in Lafayette? I clean all of my spin getups, but my Abu Garcia Ambassador baitcasters are a pain with all of those little parts. I'd rather take them somewhere. Any suggestions?
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Old 09-21-2015, 01:06 PM
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OCR does a good Job. I go to Lake Charles Tackle, they do a great Job. I think OCR ur best bet in Lafayette
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Old 09-22-2015, 02:18 PM
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Yes.. OCR is great
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Old 09-22-2015, 08:47 PM
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i heard OCR quit cleaning reels. Been thinking of doing as a sideline job. I could clean them for you for a fair price
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Old 09-23-2015, 07:40 AM
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OCR did quit cleaning them. There are some places you can send them off for cleaning, but it's typically about $40 per reel. I'd much rather just throw them away and pick up a new set when they go on sale for $50 a piece. I contacted Abu Garcia, and I might be sending the reels back to them. They tell me that for $21.95 per reel, they'll refurb them. That's pretty hard to beat. But if that doesn't work out, I'll be contacting you, Gasper. Thanks.
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Old 09-23-2015, 03:59 PM
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You can drop them off at redmond's marine. They have someone that cleans them for 12.00 per reel unless it needs parts.
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Old 09-23-2015, 04:04 PM
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dam, that someone either just needs something to do, or can't be doing a very thorough job for $12 each
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Old 09-23-2015, 05:33 PM
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You can drop them off at redmond's marine. They have someone that cleans them for 12.00 per reel unless it needs parts.
$12... but there's so many little tiny parts that you have to deal with. That's crazy.
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Old 09-23-2015, 06:30 PM
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You can mail them or drive them to Bell City. http://www.cajunreelcleaning.com/
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Old 09-23-2015, 06:54 PM
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i heard OCR quit cleaning reels. Been thinking of doing as a sideline job. I could clean them for you for a fair price

Hey I've got a penn battle that needs cleaning...would you be interested? I've got a bunch of other bait casters to that I'll need to get done eventually.


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Old 09-23-2015, 10:37 PM
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Hey I've got a penn battle that needs cleaning...would you be interested? I've got a bunch of other bait casters to that I'll need to get done eventually.


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I would definately be interested. PM me, email me, or call me. We can work out a fair price. I work in Breaux Bridge, so could meet you in Lafayette.

I've been cleaning and repairing my own as well as some for friends the last few years. I take them completely down and clean, lube, and grease em.

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Old 09-24-2015, 06:39 AM
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You can mail them or drive them to Bell City. http://www.cajunreelcleaning.com/
Just got mine back yesterday from him, I mailed em to him last week and he already cleaned em and sent em back, Super nice guy. The reels are Super smooth. One needed a bearing. Will use him again.
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Old 09-30-2015, 05:52 PM
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I have cleaned and serviced reels for 30 years...not a reel made I cant fix as long as parts are available...but having said that...who has time??? LOL

I am not trying to get anyone to send reels to me to clean...I do charge $15 for cleaning, but I am so busy with the lures and Kayaks it would be at least a couple weeks for me to get them back to you...

When I had my store in San Antonio, I did most of the reel repair for the other independent shops that offered reel repair...Abu's are easy...if you understand the basics of how a reel works its not difficult, but some reels are very OVER engineered LOL
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Old 10-01-2015, 04:10 AM
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Here's a closer option. I brought 4 curados to this guy that were trashed. Got them back within a week and that's because the parts had to be ordered. Bill was 120$ for the repairs and cleaning. I had a bad spool in one of them and instead of ordering a new spool for 59$ he filed it down and fixedImageUploadedByTapatalk1443690674.830624.jpg it. 20$ for a cleaning but it worth it.
Nice to have those old curados working again as well. Can't find them anymore

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