Baitcaster Reel Maintenance ( oil and grease )

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[@nickgrecco86634]

Just a heads up I have a left hand retrieve reel, the nut and star drag are reverse thread, I stripped the brass nut right off accidentally lol

[@klikbaits3684]

lol ill make sure i put this comment at the top

[@ronaldnorris2179]

Good information thanks…wouldn’t even have thought of it but it makes sense it would be a left hand thread.

[@manujaen3999]

*Great product. **enjoyable.fishing** recommend I have never used a baitcaster before and did a lot of research before buying this one. I bought it with the Torrent casting rod as well and it works very nice.*

[@onionhead5780]

I’m a gunsmith and I think your tutorial is very informative but I have one minor critique. No offense but you should not use Q tips for applying grease. You can even see the cotton fibers left behind in your video. I actually use old chopsticks but you can use anything as long as it doesn’t leave debris in the mechanism of whatever you’re lubing.

[@leobassii]

My Dad taught me how to fish and taking care of the equipment... I really miss him. This reminds me of him. Thank you

[@manifestgtr]

All the guys freaking out...just take a deeeeeeppppp breath. Unless you force something or REALLY screw up, you’re gonna be just fine. Just keep track of parts and lay them out in an exact order...one that you’ll remember. And guess what? If something goes wrong or you’re second guessing yourself, you can always google the schematic and you’re right back on track. The more you do this, the more confident you’ll become...and believe me, it’s worth it. I go through and clean/oil/grease my reels about twice a year. It goes a long way in ensuring that they’ll be good to go for years to come. Not only that but it’s super satisfying to dig a bunch of black crud out of your reel.

[@dudedude4375]

Great video.. this videos reminded me that I should not mess with the reel and let the professionals clean and grease.

[@chriswebb383]

All it takes is the tiniest bit of common sense ..ppl these days kill me .can't even work on there in stuff .. sad

[@Eyesofthasouth]

I need music like that when I'm cleaning and reassembling lol, always freaked out till I get it back together

[@markkuhongisto7984]

Absolutely lovely video! Can't wait for time to get back home and maintain my reel as it started squeaking... Keep up the good work and tight lines!

[@leviwilliams2505]

Best tutorial I’ve seen on reel care

[@nakhal23]

The soundtrack tuck me to sleep. Great video.

[@HighRoad317]

Great vid. Really good to see the bearings.

[@adambackhouse7250]

Thanks so much for the super simple and detailed instructions!

[@TheCarJunky1]

Very helpful video! Will use this video if I ever need to oil amdngrease my baitcaster!

[@njgl2010]

Thanks man, just tore my favorite reel up! Just kidding, great video! It was 20-22 yrs old if my calculations are correct, and I've never oiled it, but it hasnt always been in my possession either, got stolen one time and I found it a couple yrs later in a pawn store 1 town over. I always take a knife and carve my initials on em in a certain spot so I knew it was mine. She was on her last leg anyway, but I wish I had a highlight reel of all the fish that reel has caught. Hell, I was catching fish with that reel before I ever even had a cellphone! Talk about getn your money's worth out of one. Gives me a good reason to by that new Lews reel I've been eyeing!

[@davidpickens6916]

Wow… quite the engendered piece of equipment. Thanks!

[@peterseyler7295]

This is beautiful, thank you so much!

[@kennethcolbert2921]

When I clean my reels I use Vaseline and 3in one oil it has work out good for me I clean my reels every year.But after watching this I may try the gun oil not sure what grease I might try next time around.Good video for sure thanks.

[@ssbadazz]

hey i was oiling my reel, and now it isnt as smooth as it was?? i put oil on the worm gear and a drop or 2 where the retreive crease is? i didnt take nothing apart to oil so what should i do? and what caused it?

[@eldel5.023]

GREAT VIDEO and GREAT QUALITY !!! helped me learn how to clean my baitcaster 100%..thx! subscribed!

[@klikbaits3684]

thank you!!

[@KeifersReelPlanetBass]

Nicely done! Thumbs Up and subbed!

[@klikbaits3684]

thank you very much!!!

[@jokiejokes]

*My feedback is a mid grade reel that works just fine I didn’t want to keep switching hands after every cast so I went with a left hand retrieving reel.its the only way to go!*

[@opticalriot]

what kind of grease was that? a synthetic like white lightning?

[@Joensa]

Really good video!

[@klikbaits3684]

+Jöns Joelsson thank you very much!

[@nathanial2002]

Thank you I'm trying to renew one that I have, my brother gave it to me he found it at a river when the water was really low

[@jamesanderson7337]

What do you use to decrease and clean? Thanks, great tutorial.

[@bradhancock5780]

Excellent tutorial!

[@klikbaits3684]

thank you very much!!

[@EKIM713]

Yess! Thank you!

[@zenith3515]

Great video! Make more.

[@rodrigocollazo909]

Excelente tutorial alluda mucho 💯%🇺🇾

[@MrUben564]

When you say degrease what do you have on the q tip?

[@shawnbeck2303]

Alcohol on a Q - tip. Then, I oil the bearing with gun oil from Hoppes. Shawn

[@sazidali2360]

Very interested information

[@thendricks9499]

Great job on video

[@klikbaits3684]

+Troy Hendricks Thank you!

[@trextrextrex]

Good video. It really was good. Way too much grease and a tad too much oil though

[@alfredgunter9614]

Yes, a lot of oil

[@charlesstonebarger7968]

I never put grease on a worm shaft. It slows the reel down. Attracts dirt like crazy, which wears the worm shaft out from the dirt that acts like an abrasive on the worm shaft. The only thing I use to lube the worm shaft is oil not grease.

[@klikbaits3684]

yeah you can do either, some companies oil some grease.

[@andreaspach4662]

What Grease and Oil in this Video ?

[@arabarran]

I have the saltwater revo inshore. Bought it used, dude fished only once and than let it sit for 4 years. What i found that braking is inconssistent. Sometimes spool squeel and poor distance, and sometimes cast a mile with the sam lure. What could be the problem?

[@ConsumeYourSoul619]

check the brake tabs on the spool, make sure they arent sticking/broken

[@arabarran]

@@ConsumeYourSoul619 I would check them, thanks.

[@PhilGeary]

thanks for the video , i have a promax2 this helped when i forgot where the parts went lol ps. you need to use less grease little goes a long way

[@klikbaits3684]

thank you!! yeah might be mess cleaning it this year lol

[@Yankees1845]

Nice video :D

[@klikbaits3684]

+Yankees1845 Thanks Pal!

[@woosa42]

What was the make of the grease that you were using? I've tried the Ardent and Shimano grease but they were more of a paste type of grease and it seems to slow my reel down. I like the looks of that grease for my gears. It looks pretty soft and something that isn't going to slow it down. Nice video.

[@klikbaits3684]

it was a thin grease! i was using southbend grease, the thicker grease actually works better and is healthier for ur reel unless you grease it very often :)

[@richnunya9020]

The grease shouldn't slow your real down because that's what you put on the gears. Those are when you reel in. For casting its the bearings and you use oil on those.

[@SK88RR5]

I have a Quantum EXO PT 100. Should I put any oil or grease on the the inner plate where the ACS break makes contact?

[@klikbaits3684]

Yes :) degrease it and put a very light application of oil. I recommend using a q-tip to apply it very lightly (some people go far enough to re polish the ring but thats not necessary)

[@SK88RR5]

Anglers Guide thanks! Also, do you by chance have any experience with their customer service because after a little use I'm realizing the acs brakes are actually malfunctioning. The first second and sixth brake setting don't work properly and it's basically fresh out of box..

[@klikbaits3684]

I personally don't use Quantum reels, i bought one before and ended up returning it

[@MaxxHDROM]

Omg so simple. Ty

[@jaytalent45]

Which promax is this.?!

[@email16v]

Wow....might have just dunked the whole reel in a bucket of oil and wiped it off.....geeze dude!

[@frankybaby8997]

Right lots of room for error 🤣

[@nictessier6411]

I can’t get my spool to turn after I put it back together

[@walden6272]

What solution you use to degrease?

[@brianfritz3935]

I used googone degreaser. It cleaned out dirt and sand that fell into it first day at the lake!

[@andreaspach4662]

Which fat do you use

[@master-diver5832]

I just use WD-40 into all the cracks and when it drains clear, then wipe and go catch and eat some fried fish. Thanks for your channel.

[@stellerate]

(2:10) what tool did you use? I need one so I can stop running mine with pliers!😉👍

[@klikbaits3684]

its a 10mm socket :P lol

[@stellerate]

@@klikbaits3684 thank you so much! I ruined a couple handle nuts trying to use pliers! This is so helpful!!!👍

[@user-dj8fp2wv9v]

Hello. I watch you from Ukraine. there is a question, what kind of lubricant was used to lubricate the gears of the transmission. thanks if you answer.

[@Mysoline1111]

Just buy reel oil or a thin bearing oil. Kringlan

[@Alfsp1]

What was that white stuff you smeared on ? Oh and you forgot to oil the little bearing underneath the plate that the reel handle shaft runs in !!

[@klikbaits3684]

Synthetic reel grease, and yeah I noticed but youtube took annotations off sadly. They're only allowed at the end of videos now lol but thanks for letting me know! I personally didn't like penn synthetic, its way to thick and dried into thick gum pretty quickly.

[@Alfsp1]

Anglers Guide so which grease do you use now ?

[@klikbaits3684]

ios gear grease@@Alfsp1

[@gamandfishinglure]

what it this grease

[@infeeneetee]

i followed your video but my drag doesnt function well.. any idea?

[@klikbaits3684]

Azman Zainal if you haven't fixed it yet, how is it not functioning? does the drag star still spin correctly?

[@michaellee8442]

Probably put the top drag washer in upside down, I've done it plenty of times only to realize it when my drag wasn't working properly. On the water reapairs blow lol

[@elecereynolds6089]

Thanks :-)

[@klikbaits3684]

thank you!

[@kansaslunkers9783]

That Coleman fuel you were using will deteriorate the plastic inside if the reel and it will eat at the lube and oil that you put in their

[@klikbaits3684]

Kansas Lunkers so far I see no negative side effects but thanks haha good to know for sure

[@chriswebb383]

Also it evaporates so fast it won't hurt it

[@leova12587]

I spooled it with 8 LB test mono for lighter lures, gave it some practice casts and found that it did cast well kzbin.infoUgkxSlytCJqozTF7EbdP4LWP-HUXf9WRDJ0e , except that the anti-backlash setting had to be turned up almost all of the way to keep the "overcasts' ' down. I disassembled it, and found that if I potted some "shim washers" behind that anti-backlash magnet assembly, it got the magnets closer to the spool without rubbing, and I could get better control with about a 6 to 7 out out 10-Max setting. I also noticed that the handle shaft had some internal end play, maybe only 2 or 3 thousands of an inch, but it's still noticeable. If the anti-backlash and shaft tolerances were "tightened up" this would be a fantastic value. I've only used it for 4 days of fishing in a month's time, but I plan on keeping it.

[@PetakDanum]

Wow 👍👍👍👍

[@tdwagner28]

What was the degreaser that you used?

[@klikbaits3684]

I don't necessarily recommend this, but I used coleman fuel lol

[@joshsmith8000]

Man godamn with this music and that soft voice. Killing me

[@bigboaboy88]

I put mine back together three to four separate times looked 100% correct to me took photos and all now it's making a weird grinding noise when reel

[@hilmierohzlan]

Can i use this reel in saltwater?

[@klikbaits3684]

i strongly advise against it, if you do use it, rinse it out with fresh water afterwords :P you can replace all the bearings with saltwater bearings if you want to but i would just go with the saltwater revo

[@masonmatlock1379]

What do you use for a degreaser

[@klikbaits3684]

I use Coleman fuel, I don't recommend it but it works really well for me.

[@brianriesgraf9223]

PSA - This guy puts WAY too much grease on the inside of this reel. It's almost ridiculous. You don't need to grease the pinion.. just a little grease on the main gear and then it'll transfer to the pinion naturally. If you use this much excessive grease you're just going to have to clean it out again in a year because all that extra grese is going to collect in certain spots and hurt the performance. Just my .02. Less is more.

[@chriswebb383]

I thought it was a bit much also .

[@dombomb8679]

sigh fuck, just did this on my blaxkmax, not sure what went wrong but the reel sucks now. Doesn't spin as well as it used to

[@4bvenom733]

How many time do you use to maintain it

[@billwalker4836]

👍👍

[@zac08]

Avoid using a cotton bud, all the strands of cotton will get stuck to the parts with the grease. Use a brush instead.

[@longhornsfan1ify]

Seems like to much of a hassle how am I supposed to remember where all the parts go to put it back together that looks too complicated for me

[@MilitaryPolice14]

there are videos and schematics.... if its too much than dont do it lol

[@DLITE3217]

can i use rubbing acohol for degreasing?

[@klikbaits3684]

yes you can! just make sure you apply oil right after to reduce the risk of rust! I personally use Coleman fuel and it seems to do the trick pretty well!

[@TackleAdvisors]

FYI if it's a shimano DC reel. Rubbing alcohol will melt the mechanism that coats the DC brake copper windings....ask me how I know

[@TackleAdvisors]

Personal 1st hand experience. It damaged it enough that the brake units coating would impact the spool. ...remedy.......rubbing alcohol on a q tip.....10 minutes of q tipping the insides to remove, melt, and reform the rubber....good as new. When it dries..it starts as sticky and tacky....once fully dry...if goes back to normal

[@frankybaby8997]

Nice informative video kinda scary tho probably pay someone to oil mines 🤣

[@ammelureloc37snakerhearlur48]

Video ok

[@850are2]

Way to heavy on the grease bro

[@fordbuilttough2789]

I recommend that bait caster not expensive just 30 dollars all others a over 100 dollars Not bad for a Cheap price

[@panchopachangas4450]

So you don't grease the drag? Watched another video where the guy greased the drag. Guess I'm going to need to take my reel apart again and clean the drag

[@klikbaits3684]

Francisco Aceves some reels require it but not most modern ones

[@thpgobs3802]

don't use grease on worm gear. use one drop of oil. put grease on worm gear bearing inside the reel

[@woosa42]

The reels come greased on the worm gear brand new.

[@bassnazi4713]

woosa42 yep, the grease doesn't hurt as long as it's not overdone since trash collects more. The worm gear doesn't actually speed up or slow down casting so grease is great for it, just have to keep it clean

[@Thamac15]

Excessive amount of oil and grease dude. Just a light film is all u need

[@steveevans4932]

i agree

[@fishchan5336]

Wrong, shouldn't one-way bearings add this grease

[@tyford9513]

Good lord, way too much oil on the spool bearings.

[@klikbaits3684]

yeah I removed it after, I couldn't film upside down though. I dont want people taking bearing springs off either and not be able to put them back on lol

[@brucemoyers1006]

Degrease? When? You didn't remove the bearings. Where did the old grease/oil go? NOWHERE. 10 times the oil needed. Call Boca and ask them what happens to bearing speed when it's over oiled. Lost me quick. Oh well.

[@klikbaits3684]

1-I don't want people losing bearing springs and having them fly across the room... 2- I removed the degreaser but I can't film upside down (same with the oil which I removed after adding an excessive amount to try to remove dirt because they're shielded bearings.) This would also quickly turn an 8 minute video into a 45 talk minute talk show, lol. 3-If you don't know how to properly grease or degrease research that separately. I Don't want to waste everyone's time. its not a tutorial on that, its a tutorial on taking the reel apart and getting to what you need to do and getting it done. 4- I'm glad someone that gets irritated enough to leave a comment over something so stupid doesn't watch my video anyway, so thank you! 5- have mommy replace your dry crusty reel for you anyway, people like you would get to frustrated doing it lol. (BTW that reel is still going strong and smooth after years of use and pulling in multiple 30+ lb fish)

[@brucemoyers1006]

@@klikbaits3684 Smart. Stripping a reel down is NOT for the faint of heart.

[@simmack17]

I will never buy Abu Garcia baitcaster again used one for a week and everything got corroded

[@maddawgzzzz]

just pour oil ontop and let it sit for a day. thats all you did lmao

[@barrygordon1173]

Yeah no....half way job....

[@frankdebellis2879]

Just fyi, do not attempt to do this when u have 4 little kids at home, all those little parts of my 400$ shimano are mixed in with thousands of lego pieces,,,, grrrrrrrr

[@dandorris8531]

This guys technique is all bad. Good grief !

[@chrisholmes813]

I do have a question. I took apart my baitcaster and it seems one of my magnets chrome has flaked off and it all over. Would it be best for me to remove that one magnet and clean off all the particles of chrome (i assume it is a chrome plating). I noticed a significant casting distance reduction after this magnet de-chromed. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@klikbaits3684]

I recommend replacing the magnet, the 'chrome' prevents the magnet from disintegrating. If magnet particles get inside a bearing (one in the spool near the magnets would be worst) it can severely damage them.