How often do you clean and lube reels?
Printable View
How often do you clean and lube reels?
When I notice the slightest variation of performance.
No less than once a year. But this past year has not been a good one for reel maintenance. I send mine out and due to Covid-19 a lot of the shops were closed or way behind. Once a year works for me now as I have about a dozen reeks that I use…swapping up most trips out. Back when I owned only one UL reel I would have it done twice a year. I used to have my Shimano reels done and they told me as much as I fished….5 days a week at the time..,,I should have them serviced 3-4 times a year. More often than not when I would send a reel into Shimano they would just send me a brand new one back…pretty good deal there. My nephew a while back sent in 5 Ci 4 reels and they sent him 5 of the latest model back…not bad for 100 bucks.
Regards
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com
One of mine was noticeably stiff in the cold this weekend. Figure the grease is hardening up so it is time to relube themQuote:
Originally Posted by jigflinger
I am lucky to get to fish 40 times a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
Honestly I’ve never really done any, but I bought a reel maintenance kit a couple weeks ago and plan to go through all my reels before I put them up for the winter as well as go over my ice fishing reels before that starts.
Little oil and grease never hurts
I probably got in about 30 or so. That said, I also fly radio control models and that accounts for a lot of days.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Bob
Just hit ‘‘em with some WD -40. Works wonders and is 90% fish oil anyway, so fish love it,,,
That’s actually a myth, there’s no fish oil in WD-40.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum