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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: snagola] #12361340 07/27/17 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted By: snagola
I never used grease. I use sewing machine oil on all parts.


That's scary. You do know that the oil will just end up eventually running off of everything you put it on and then eventually you will lose any and all protection. There's a reason why grease is used in combination with oil in reels.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #12621921 02/11/18 05:48 PM
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thanks to photobucket changing their picture hosting rules I can't see any of your pictures.
Any chance of reposting?


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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #12858942 08/09/18 06:00 PM
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Oil on bearings, grease on everything else.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #13116702 04/07/19 08:29 PM
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I have a couple of reels that screech when I cast them. I've cleaned and oiled the bearings but both reels still have a screeching sound. One is a Revo and one is a Lews reel. Is there something I'm missing that needs to be oiled or greased?


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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #13204945 07/04/19 09:49 PM
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Go to spoolspeed.com they have your bearing oil......

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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #13459468 03/04/20 02:47 AM
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I always use the oil that comes with the reel. Never had an issue.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #13674867 08/20/20 08:49 PM
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I use Vaseline petroleum jelly instead of grease.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: thrashfish] #13694376 09/08/20 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by thrashfish
I use Vaseline petroleum jelly instead of grease.


Interesting! I've never heard of that. I would imagine this would work if you're mostly in fresh water, and aren't too hard on your reels.

On all my reels, I use the Yamaha marine grease for gears, Cal's for the drags, and Interflon spray lube for everything else. I've replaced most of the bearings in my reels with Boca/ceramic sealed bearings. I feel like the Interflon spray does a good job of penetrating the bearings. It also dries and doesn't leave a sticky film. Downside is that it's expensive, but I only buy once a year or so.

GP/Marine Grease: Anywhere things move against other things. Gears (as has been mentioned). Also I use grease as a top coat over a lot of other stuff, to serve as a general protective layer. I've never tested this to know if it's necessary or not.
Drag Grease: Carbon and SS washers in the drag. This also works as a general grease, but it's super expensive (like, 10x the price of the yamaha marine grease).
Interflon/Oil: Pawls, bearings.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #14305578 03/05/22 06:33 PM
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Another happy customer! If your not sure how to do your reels send them to me. Never had an unhappy customer. This Curado looked like it had been at the bottom of the lake. Would not even turn when I got it. Feels like new now.

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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #14307372 03/07/22 08:33 PM
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I guess just swishing it around in the water isn’t popular anymore?


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Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #14433620 07/29/22 12:48 PM
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Well worth the cost of a professional cleaning after seeing all those pics.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Mudshark] #14433681 07/29/22 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudshark
I guess just swishing it around in the water isn’t popular anymore?


Had to swish mine in the water last weekend. 105 temps make them too hot to grab.

Re: When to use oil? When to use grease? [Re: Tory] #14739345 06/04/23 05:02 PM
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I lube everything with Sprinco Machine Gun Lube.

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