routine maintenance on spinning reels?

[Chris at Tech]

I'm a little confused as to where I should be oiling my spinning reels.  My Stradic has the convenient lube port, but my Daiwa Tierra has no such place.  Where do I oil this thing?

I'm not talking about full-scale disassenbly and maintenance...rather just a quick few drops of oil every few trips.

Thanks

Chris

[roadwarrior]

Oil moving parts on the outside of the reel ONLY. The inside should be cleaned and lubricated with grease annually, but NOT periodically. LESS is better in this instance.

[Raul]

Remove the handle and cap, spinning reels always have 1 or 2 bearings where you insert the handle ( one on each side ), actually the square perforation where you insert the handle is the inner side of the bearing, drop a drop of oil BETWEEN the side cover hole and the square. Insert the hadle and cap & tighten.

Add a drop of oil in the reel handle knob.

Remove the spool, turn the handle until you extend the spool shaft fully, when that happens add a drop of oil between the spool shaft and the rotor, that will bring the oil inside to the bearing supporting the spool shaft, rotate until it extends again and add another drop of oil.

Loosen the screw that attatches the bail to the rotor ( no need to remove the screw ) add a drop of oil in the gap better the roller bearing and the bail. Tighten the screw.

With that you lubricate the most bearings the reel has without having to disassemble, every when ? that depends greatly on how much you fish with your reel, the more you fish with it the more frequent you need to lube.