Hello, Thank You, and a Question

[funphishing]

Hello to all on this site, especially to Alan. Thank you for having me and allowing me to view all of this great knowledge! Now my question; I'm looking to pack my Quantum Cabo PTS50 spinning real, that i use for plugging the surf and jetties, with grease. Should I be doing this?, Do i have to use the recommended Quantum "Hot Sauce"? If yes, what exactly am I greasing and is there any way you could post a video/pictures of the process? Thank you for any information.

[alantani]

pack just the bearings with grease, not the body.  otherwise it will be slow as molassas.  a light coat of grease will do fine inside the body of the reel.  several guys that post here are good a spinners, but i'm not one of them.  sorry.  alan   

[Bryan Young]

I tried packing my spinner with grease.  Bad idea.  Cranking was extremely slow and hard compared to how it was before.

I used to use a light penn grease, but switched to evinrude gear lube grease (Similar to Yamaha, but that what I had).  Now thinking of using Xtreme Grease.  Supposed to have same properties as Xtreme oils but in grease form.  Still waiting for my samples before I make a change over.

Sorry, don't have any quantum cabos.  They look great and feel great.  When taking things apart, take your time, draw pictures or take pictures and look for the smallest part and how they are situated/function.  This will help you get it back together again.  New spinners have more tiny parts.  Work slow and carefully.  Good luck.

[alantani]

bryan, i've got some xtreme grease for you to try.  very nice stuff.  get health first!  alan

[Semper Fish]

funphishing...I'm down with what Alan and Bryan said...I have a Penn 704Z for surf and a 710Z for jigging stripers and bluefish....and this is what I learned way back when I started messing around with my
Garcia- Mitchell 300's back in grade school (YES- there WERE fishing reels back then!!!): Less is more when it comes to spinning reel lubrication....Too much grease goes past friction reduction and becomes displacement resitance..Wonderful stuff that grease: a little dab'll do ya.

[alantani]

a friendd of mine is making a bearing packer for me.  we decided to go with all brass construction.  it will be a litle more expensive, but it will look great!  stay tuned.  alan

[Pro Reel]

The best thing to do with a spinning reel is to send it to a profesional for clean and re lube. They are very easy to screw up. I get them all the time from guys that tried their own maintenanace and now have rougher reels than before. One big reason is that the gears are made out of softer metals than casting reels. They get a wear patern in them. When you take it apart, if you don't get it back in the exact same tooth to tooth spot. the gears won't match anymore and it will run rough. If you mess it up, you can open the body and change the gear one tooth at a time, close it up and then crank it until you find a smooth setting again. This could mean taking it apart and putting it back together 20 to 30 times and even then, you may miss the best setting becuase of other problems like having too much grease somewhere. If it's relativly new and running smooth now, and if you are determined to do it yourself, I would not remove the gears. Just use Q-tips and brushes to remove any blackened grease or excess grease that has been flung off. When you get it as clean as posible that way, use a brush to apply some fresh grease. It's ery important to use a light grease for spinning reels and just a little bit is all it needs. Don't grease the shaft. a light coat of oil is best there.