Cleaning Baitcast Reels

can someone explain to me, how and what I need to do, as far as oiling
and cleaning my baitcast reels.

"Robert Evans" wrote in message
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can someone explain to me, how and what I need to do, as far as oiling
and cleaning my baitcast reels.

I'm sure if you do a google.com search for this group, there have been other
such inquiries in the past. But it's really quite simple.

Simply take the reel apart and lay it in the order that you took the parts
off. Simply clean the parts with either warm soapy water, low odor mineral
spirits or some other cleaner, grease the gears, oil the bearings and put it
back together. If you have a reasonable degree of mechanical aptitude, and
the ability to remember the order of the parts, it's pretty easy and a good
way to spend a cold, winter afternoon. Make sure that you put a drop or two
of oil on the levelwind and the spindles for the handles, these are two
places often overlooked.

Take particular care with those little e clips. I call them "Jesus Clips"
because everytime I take one off, it seems to go flying and I yell
"JESUS!!!"
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

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"Robert Evans" wrote in message
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can someone explain to me, how and what I need to do, as far as oiling
and cleaning my baitcast reels.

I'm sure if you do a google.com search for this group, there have been
other
such inquiries in the past. But it's really quite simple.

Simply take the reel apart and lay it in the order that you took the parts
off. Simply clean the parts with either warm soapy water, low odor
mineral
spirits or some other cleaner, grease the gears, oil the bearings and put
it
back together. If you have a reasonable degree of mechanical aptitude,
and
the ability to remember the order of the parts, it's pretty easy and a
good
way to spend a cold, winter afternoon. Make sure that you put a drop or
two
of oil on the levelwind and the spindles for the handles, these are two
places often overlooked.

Take particular care with those little e clips. I call them "Jesus Clips"
because everytime I take one off, it seems to go flying and I yell
"JESUS!!!"


Arggh! E-clips are the BANE of my existence! lol

Outside of racing online cars and almost almost-full sized cars, I also run
radio controlled cars (not the type found at Radio Shack) and those things,
man, eveywhere there is a "rod" or a "pin" through a hinge in those kits,
there are 2 e-clips on it. When you first open a pro-racing R/C car kit,
usually you get a "bag" of various sized e-clips, and I just rue the
building steps that require them...

The e-clips and c-clips in fishing reels are equally as aggrevating to
operate at times. I just take a deap breath, find my 'little' needlenose
pliers, and hope for the best... ;-)

--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

http://heartlandtackleservice.com/shimano.stm

http://www.hookandsinker.com/fishing...?nft=1&t=4&p=4

http://home.att.net/~kelley_brown/reelservice.html







"Robert Evans" wrote in message
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can someone explain to me, how and what I need to do, as far as oiling
and cleaning my baitcast reels.

Just an little add-on..you might consider taking digital ( or regular )
photos of the reel in various stages of dis-assembly. That way you will
have a reference when putting it back together. RichG TX

Robert Evans wrote:
can someone explain to me, how and what I need to do, as far as oiling
and cleaning my baitcast reels.

Steve gave you the short answer, if that was what you wanted, but if
you want the very detailed, down to the wire nitty gritty, that was
given by Craig Baugher on 2/10/2000. Read it he
http://www.rofb.net/faq/faq_reelcare.htm