Grease Q's?

[fishyman]

hey fella's

yep you guessed it another reel question...

this time its about one i already own :ohmy: :silly: :woohoo:

ok well i am disasembling my 1000 stradic for teh first time to regrease and lube up etc for teh upcoming sea bream run and upcoming camping trips.

my question is, what grease should i use to do this? i have a small bottle of shimano reel oil but i also need grease.

i have removed a few parts but i am not going to tear it down completely only so i can access important parts in the reel. so far i have uncovered a crap load of dirty white greasy oil desidue stuff that i am wondering wether to clean off. i am guessing i should and completly re grease with good reel grease.

i have hear good revies on tackletour about hotsauce grease and lubes but i am unsure if that is available here. Does anyone know somewhere i can get reel grease etc etc, or should i just stick it in for a service??

the reel is used approx 3 times weekly

Thanks

[Shrimpo]

I forget what its called but i used to have some great reel grease, i ran out and never got another tube. Its just like a small tube of superglue size i think it may of been daiwa but not sure, I'd just go ure local store and look around.

[kevinchen19870316]

hot sauce's available on ebay. around 10 bucks shipped. if ur getting any, let me know cuz i need some as well

[Feral]

Which grease? plenty in the tackle shops, probably a silicon based one would be best. Dont be fooled by the claims of quality, most of them are the same.

We used to use some really expensive stuff at work in the Chem lab, 200 bucks a tube. It looked identical to the $10 tubes we were getting from supercheap for our rubber drill unit fittings. So we stuck them both in the gas chromatograph, guess what - identical. Now we use the supercheap stuff in the lab as well.

[fishyman]

what grease so you use kev??

[kevinchen19870316]

i have tried but didn't get any in the local stores. that's y i'm not using my calais, it's out of grease now. i will get some hot sauce soon

[Dan23]

In my Twin Power manual it warns against using any lubricants designed for automotive use. Not sure why just thought I'd mention it.

[fishyman]

when you do get some could you tell me? maybe ill get some for myself

[fishyman]

Dan, my guess is you probably could use them just not as good

[fishyman]

ok cleaned all this old grease out and its disasembled lying on my bench awaiting lubrication.

this reel is only about 2 months old, yet it has had sooooo much use its not funny i have used it every time i have gone fishing since getting it. i even tried sharking with it :silly:

[Feral]

Dan23 wrote:

In my Twin Power manual it warns against using any lubricants designed for automotive use. Not sure why just thought I'd mention it.

Yeah they would kill any plastic or rubber bits, thats why I mentioned silicon based grease.

[fishyman]

gotch ya silicon based grease it is

[rayke1938]

KY:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[fishyman]

lol

[Shrimpo]

Now Now rayke lol.

[rayke1938]

Cant help myself I am a DOM.

Cheers

Ray

[kriso]

yeah use silicon based or known as rubber grease

[Feral]

Unfortunately KY is waterbased, not much good for the reel!

[kevinchen19870316]

daiwa ,shimano and javis walker reel grease r available in most tackle stores but i will give hot sauce a go. will get some abec7 ball bearings as well if i can find them in the same oversea store

[pcsolutionman]

I have been using the Inox Greese, I have found it Brilliant. I have only seen it in machine shops though, it is so fine and thin, makes the reels so smooth. it is a silicone based greese and is recommended for use on reels and around salt water :) get some its tops

Lee

[kiara_poltegerist]

fishyman, the best i've used soo far is the Silicon grease by Wurth. One of the longest lasting, and it handles really well, and the can comes with a spray straw as well, so it's really easy to get into nooks and crannies and other small parts that you'd want to get your grease into. it'll be abit more expensive than normal grease, but it's really worth the money. all the maintennace for my customer's reels is done with it. should be stocked in any good hardware shop. might be available online? worth a shot.

There's a Shimano grease and bearing lubricant set available (spray based), should be able to find it online i think. should be around AUD30 or so?

just thought i'd mention - ZPI also makes some super nano-technology lubricants for bearings as well, but it costs abit more(AUD30-40 for a small (<250ml spray container)?. worth the money tho.

[kiara_poltegerist]

btw, forgot to mention, the Wurth grease product code is HHS2000. available in 300 or 500ml spray cans.

good luck on ya reel. it's worth learning how to disassemble your reels and put em back together tho, will save you alot of $$ too. just be careful when you get to the drag section. either dont take it apart, or make sure you know what you're doing - that's the part that i took forever to learn. other than that, getting the worm gear to mesh with main gear once you put it together again.

what you could do is take pix with ya phone cam as you disassemble it, that's what i used to do . hehe

[Dan23]

Hey guys my TP has a little plug you can take out and drop oil into that lubes the main wormdrive. Does this mean I should never really have to open it up???

[kiara_poltegerist]

Dan23 wrote:

Hey guys my TP has a little plug you can take out and drop oil into that lubes the main wormdrive. Does this mean I should never really have to open it up???

no mate, i recommend you open it up every 6 months or at least once a year to get rid of all the old grease. if you open up your reels once in a while, you'll notice that the old grease turns black with age, and gets really really sticky, and doesnt really help make the reel smooth. just my 2 cents ;0

[namyau]

currently i use the daiwa reel oil, and daiwa greese its reasonably priced and does the job bout $10 each. Ive also used the shimano spray greese and oil that Kiaara mentioned, good stuff too.

[kriso]

guys i can speak up about the wurth products, have used them for years in the automotive game but that grease is the only one we where ever allowed to use when working on the ambulances in the rear carriage area as it didnt attract dirt and didnt easly break down and go everywhere its really top stuff.

[fishyman]

Thanks guys,

where do you think around here would carry the wurth HHS2000?

[Rodman]

Mate

Ensure that you clean all the old grease and oil from your reel.

You can use shellite or turps, ice cream bucket and a paint brush and give the inside of the reel a good wash, then dry with a clean rag then re oil and grease.

Ken