PostPost subject: Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:22 pm
Bof
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Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
Take it apart...clean every nook and cranny you can find with "goo B gone". Then drop some Zippo lighter fluid into each bearing (no need to remove them) put the spool onto the pin and work the fluid in...repeat until the thing ZINGS....
The lighter fluid is naptha which breaks down and cleans any risidual oil or packed grease inside the bearings...DO NOT OIL or re-grease...not ever. Just clean the reel and repeat this process at anytime the reel seems to slow a little, not that it ever will...
If you are concered about damage, don't be...I own several reels all of which I use this process on and all of which start up faster than most of the same species. All of my reels are very well cared for and some that are in excess of 10 years old still look and run better than new!