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It will tell you where to apply grease and where to apply oil. Like posted before I still get spinning reels in with corroded in screws.
Shimano Tiagras use lock washers and grease.
How to grease a spinning reel. This video is about How to grease and oil a spinning reel to make your spinning reels last longer and be kept in better shape. Tutorial on cleaning oiling and greasing a Spinning reel. Leave a like and comment if you want more videos like this.
You also need to know and understand where to to grease. You can easily grease on the reel. You have to open the reel part by part.
After opening you can grease the gear of the reel. By using oil lubricate can be grease easily. After grease all parts of the reel become very slippery.
As a result the reel can be rotated very well. For my spinning reels its oil for the bearings and grease for everything else. I like Reel Butter oil and grease.
More is NOT better particularly in the case of the IAR bearing. I use a q_tip to apply oil to small moving parts and a soft toothbrush to apply grease to the gearing. Wipe the debris off the threads of the reel handle.
Apply a thin coat of the cleaning oil to these threads. Access the reel gears. Depending on your fishing reel you can either simply remove the spool for fly reels or remove a standard screw for casting and spinning reels to access the interior components.
Once you have done this use a bit of your reel oil or reel grease where the handle screws in as this will make it much smoother. Now open up the bail of the Shimano spinning reel. With it in the open position use the brush to remove dirt and grime.
Clean exterior of reel with cotton swabs and isopropyl rubbing alco-hol. Clean off excess oil grease salt deposits or debris. Keeping reels clean helps prevent costly Inspect and clean line roller assem-bly.
Use a cotton swab to feel if the line roller bearing or bushing needs to be replaced. A rusted or worn bearing will be most notice-. This is a quick video of how to oil your spinning reel with some cheap reel oil.
Be sure to check out my friend McToast575 for some other cool tutorials. Just get a little on your fingertips and apply it to the felt or cloth washer. You can get drag grease from your local tackle shop or from Amazon here.
If you have ceramic or carbon washers you dont need to grease them the grease is to make sure felt or cloth washers dont burn. Spray your reel with a mist of water and wipe off any dirt and salt deposits on the surface with a paper towel or a soft cloth. Screw off the cap on top of the spool and remove the spool from the shaft.
Remove any sand dirt or debris from the inside and the top of. You should clean up old grease. As you seen below the old grease turned into to black color.
This means expiration date of grease has been exceeded and it needs to be renewed. Use a tooth brush or cloth to clean up this. There is no need any fluid or degreaser for this.
Prepare the pinion gear for maintenance. After you clean the pinion gear as you seen below which is ready for maintenance. This short overview of the best fishing reel greases will save some time and provide necessary information for both beginners and more experienced users.
PENN Reel Oil and Lube Angler Pack. 05-ounce bottle of oil and a 1-ounce tub. As with a spinning reel removing the spool will reveal the spool shaft which should be cleaned and lubricated with oil.
The gears should be wiped clean and re-lubricated with grease. Just as the bail arm needs to be lubed on a spinning reel the push button mechanism spool release for casting should be cleaned and lubricated on a spincaster. Grease a bearing with finger.
You could easily grease a bearing with your finger. Just get a small amount of reel grease to your finger and lubricate them. Grease a bearing with spatula.
Another way is grease a bearing using spatula. Just dip the spatula to grease can and get a small amount. Appling grease with spatula so easy and clean way as you seen.
Unsure of which bearings to oil and which not to oil. Watch this video and learn HOW TO properly OIL your spinning reel in 2mins. Taking good care.
The manufacturer may have used either oil or grease with the carbon fiber drag system. If the drag was packed in grease use grease when you put it back together. Look at the reels diagram from the manufacturer to see what type of lubrication you should use.
It will tell you where to apply grease and where to apply oil. Step 9 Put just a drop of grease on the spool shaft and then put the spool back on and reapply the adjustment knob to the front of the reel. Step 10 Put a drop of oil on each of the reels two bail attachment ends.
Make sure the bail roller if there is one on your reel is turning freely. A stuck bail roller can be very noisy to. These reels sit in the gunnels of vibrating trolling boats days on end.
The screws dont come loose. Shimano Tiagras use lock washers and grease. None of the others use lock washers.
Ive never had a screw come loose. The Torque conventional reels come with greased screws. Like posted before I still get spinning reels in with corroded in screws.