Cheers Wata,
Just found a bottle of shimano reel oil; can I use that to re-lube the drag discs or should I get some bespoke drag grease?
Do you go with paraffin for cleaning them in the first instance?
Here I go for all you out there who are considering servicing your own reels.
However I will be answering slightly in the dark as I do not know this reel model but here goes.
Oil and grease are very different types of lubricant, so I would use a bespoke drag grease.
Ah! paraffin I only use this as a first level cleaner as it leaves quite a deposit behind itself. petrol is far better and methylated spirits is for me even better but for the best of all final clean pure alcohol, which you can get from any good chemists (and I am teetotal)...hehehe As you will gather by the fact I wash items several times in different cleansers I make a bit of a meal with the level of cleaning and servicing I go too and accept than some will say I am anal...never mind I don't...hehehe. You can also but a propriety cleanser I guess I just enjoy doing it my way and it has worked out cheaper over the years.
But they are all very dangerously inflammable so no naked lights and think about what you are doing and where you plan to do it. Please try not to get yourself covered in any inflammable product. Please remember I am thinking of a complete novice to any form of DIY or the use of tools when I am answering any question concerning fishing tackle maintenance and servicing.
When I started cleaning my reels because I could not afford to pay anyone to do it for me I got an old baking dish and a couple of new paint brushes, a new toothbrush, some wire wool, a couple of wide bottomed clean and empty glass jars (currently I use colemans square shaped glass jars which my wife buys her tartar sauce in). I was not allowed to bring the item I wanted to clean and my
'Don't you dare bring any dangerous chemicals into the house my mother squeaked to me as a young lad'. I then went (and this was a few years ago, well nearly sixty years ago...hehehe and I lived in London which had lots of handy tackle shops within very easy reach) into a few tackle shops and asked "How do I clean my reels?" These days I would get a schematic drawing then download a copy and advice how to service a particular reel from the manufacturer or a very respected internet source.
I hope this helps if you are not certain when stripping down anything always work in a clean area and lay the parts out in the order you take them off and make a note of each part you undo and or remove.
