Reel Maintenance...

[T2DM]

 

Hey guys,

Just been happy using these stuff and just want to share the experience. I hope it helps.

 

From left to right:

Grease for the gear set and sliding parts, Oil for the AR-B, Grease for Drag and Bantam 100 for spool bearings.

 

[newapti5]

I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that we are not supposed to put oil or grease (or maybe only a tiny bit of them) into Shimano's AR bearing? 

[T2DM]

58 minutes ago, newapti5 said:

I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that we are not supposed to put oil or grease (or maybe only a tiny bit of them) into Shimano's AR bearing? 

I am fully aware of the whole dry and lightly oiled AR-B, I was recommended by a trusted source to just run the AR-Bearing dry, and it didn't last (depending on the reel model) at least for me, if you ever open or disassembled a new out of the box Shimano reels you will notice that the internals are packed with some sort of grease all the way into the AR-B and you can never replicate the smoothness of a Shimano reels out of the box after a full teardown and cleaning, re-lube etc. Shimano seems to use some sort of grease from the factory that even Bantam1 can't explain, and Super Lube stuff is the closet I can compare to their factory grease.

http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=29350&start=30

http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php?t=39959

 

All my Bantam, Chronarch, Metanium, Curado MGL 70k in my arsenal all seems to be okay with just the Bantam 100 oil in the AR-B, but for some reason my 17 Scorpion DC AR-B do well with the Super Lube Oil and quite a bit noisy (squeaky) with the Bantam 100 oil for whatever reason. I also noticed that the Super Lube Oil seems to quiet down the AR-B on all of my reels including eggbeaters.

 

I've cleaned and re-lubricated one of my Scorpion DC, then put it in a freezer to "simulate wintertime" and the AR-B never slip, will have to wait till this coming winter to see how the super lube lubricants really performs though.

 

Just sharing my experience that's all...

 

 

 

[Mobasser]

I am currently using Super Lube grease also. Seems to be good stuff.