Best $14 Spinning Reel Ever

[Brodie_S]

Today I went to some Sunday markets because my parents wanted to go . Anyway I managed to find a market stall with some fishing gear there . There were some cheap junky rod’s leaned against a table and next to that table was a box of fishing reels all the reels in there were cheap abu Garcia Jarvis walker okuma etc Reels I spotted a shimano 2500 reel and quickly picked it up and gave it a spin and it felt fine it was a shimano alivio 2500FB which is like if a shimano cazna and a hyperloop had a baby I seen the price tag $15 . And it was the best value reel in the box it just needed a bit of a clean out . Anyway I bought it and the person selling it .gave it to me for $14 anyway not long after that I found a much bigger market stall full of fishing gear there was heaps of gear there rods reels lures hooks etc I seen heaps of people walking around with rods at that market because the guy there had a rod rack full of rod’s but they were just fibreglass baitfishing rods not thin graphite or anything like that . There wasn’t any reels that looked good either there was a few lures that were good prices though .i found a small packet of some old school squidgie lures in silver fox but there wasn’t any price tag I asked the person who owned the stall how much they were he picked them up looked at them and just gave em to me for free. I was pretty happy and thanked him very much lmao . Anyway when we got back I cleaned the drag stack and spool as it was full of dirt and sand after that I cleaned the handle that also was full of dirt and sand . I then opened the reel and sprayed the gearbox with RP7 spray to wash the old grease out after I got all the old grease out I dryed all the gears and added some grease and put it back together and it was good . But i decided to give it a bit of a twist . I managed to fix my cazna drag the other night it wasn’t perfect but it was now ok I swapped spools and now the alivio spool is on my cazna I also swapped handles the alivio handle is on my cazna both reels felt instantly a little better . I reopened the cazna one last time to try and fix the gearyness or atleast help it as it would be too geary to use for fishing anyway. I found out why it was so geary somehow there was some liquid mixed with grease probably oil or something I sprayed the cazna gearbox with RP7 and greased it just like the alivio and put it back together and is so much better now infact it isn’t really that geary anymore just vibrates a little bit and is now smooth .

shimano alivio $14 reel  I bought from the market

Shimano cazna after fixing the gearyness and adding some parts from the alivio that I like

[ellicat]

Looks like a decent score. I had an Alivio on my son's combo when he was a learner about 15 years ago. It went well for quite a few years. It's still functional today, but a bit rough.

[Junky]

Frankenreels. I like it.

You are becoming the forums reel expert BMB. 

[Brodie_S]

On 03/10/2020 at 2:28 PM, Old Scaley said:

 

 

39 minutes ago, Junky said:

Frankenreels. I like it.

You are becoming the forums reel expert BMB. . Yeah a lot of shimano 2500 reels have the same size parts so you can mix Match heaps of different parts . I don’t think I’m really a reel expert I’m still learning a lot of stuff lmao about spinning reels 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey BWB

What a great deal! That is a bargain... It's sure the kind of thing you want to keep your eye out for. 

Cheers Hamish

P.S. You are certainly an expert! 

[Drop Bear]

Winning!