08-03-2012, 12:33 AM
I've posted about this before and all the "experts" disagree with me, but I'm stubborn and how do you trump success???
Ok, went fishing up in Idaho and was catching em like crazy, (L.M.). Onlt 2 hrs,, and then my reel started getting harder to crank. Oh, Oh, haven't done my "thing" on the reel for quite some time. Decided to quit before I did any damage to the worm gear, too bad too, was great fishun but I had caught a bunch so, that's ok. Better safe then sorry.
Went home, and did my normal maintenance/thing and loooo and behold, everything is back to working fine.
Ok, what's my "thing"? Very very smple. I simply unscrew the crank handle and squirt some light machine/turbine oil into the bearing area, both sides and it's back to normal. In this case the reel is a President but I do the same on my Okuma/Explor with the same results. Why do I keep trying to post this? I've never owned a reel that has lasted more than 2 years (I fish a lot), even your favorite brand, guys. These reels are going over 3 years and if I do this oiling every few/several months they keep going.[
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My theory, it's not so much the bearings, but I feel that the oil seeps into the worm gear area and prevents excess wear/hard turning/freeze up and increases the life of the reel w/o tearing it apart and re greasing, which I have done by the way, and didn't work long.
P.S. everyone says this doesm't do the job - come on guys! How do you argue against success?
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Ok, went fishing up in Idaho and was catching em like crazy, (L.M.). Onlt 2 hrs,, and then my reel started getting harder to crank. Oh, Oh, haven't done my "thing" on the reel for quite some time. Decided to quit before I did any damage to the worm gear, too bad too, was great fishun but I had caught a bunch so, that's ok. Better safe then sorry.
Went home, and did my normal maintenance/thing and loooo and behold, everything is back to working fine.
Ok, what's my "thing"? Very very smple. I simply unscrew the crank handle and squirt some light machine/turbine oil into the bearing area, both sides and it's back to normal. In this case the reel is a President but I do the same on my Okuma/Explor with the same results. Why do I keep trying to post this? I've never owned a reel that has lasted more than 2 years (I fish a lot), even your favorite brand, guys. These reels are going over 3 years and if I do this oiling every few/several months they keep going.[
] My theory, it's not so much the bearings, but I feel that the oil seeps into the worm gear area and prevents excess wear/hard turning/freeze up and increases the life of the reel w/o tearing it apart and re greasing, which I have done by the way, and didn't work long.
P.S. everyone says this doesm't do the job - come on guys! How do you argue against success?
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