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| Do you guys take your reels apart to dry after fishing in the rain?
Last time I was out one of my reels was horribly loud while casting and also limited the casting distance. The time before I was fishing out in the rain. So, I took the reel apart and there was quite a bit of water in there, combined with the cold temps I figured that was my problem. I'm assuming water on the spool bearings was causing the noise? I also just started storing my rods/reels in the house rather than an unheated garage to hopefully prevent further problems.
Any input? |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | U should always dry out reels that are wet in a warm place after fishing. If your reel is making noise on casting the spool bearings need to be relubed. I would take them out and clean them first and then reoil with any reel oil, just 1 (one) drop of oil per spool bearing. |
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| I had taken the reel apart and allowed it plenty of time to dry. Put it back together and it was still screaching. I pulled the spool out again, cleaned and relubed the spool bearings and, still screaching. I put a little bit of oil on the levelwind worm gear and it did nothing. Then I noticed the wormgear was prettt dirty so I pulled that out. The pawl was worn and I just happened to have an extra pawl and wormgear from the last time I ordered parts. Put in the new pawl and wormgear and finally quiet again. I should have figured that out sooner but it's hard to tell where the noise is actually coming from. Done deal though. Thanks PM. |
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