StingRay Tigre 100 - Reel Service

[Mr.Grinta]

Hello everyone,
we're going to see the process of maintenance of this reel.
In addition we will see also the set-up and preparation of the drag curve.

First I must thank infinitely Alantani, Black Pearl and Bryan Young; without them I would not be here talking about a successful work !


Tigre 100 II High Speed Jigging and Trolling Reel,
One piece machined aluminum with Type 2 anodizing and all stainless steel components.

Majour features:
 One piece machined aluminum body
 Preset drag
 Oversized carbon/stainless drag system
 All stainless steel gears
 5+1 all stainless steel ball bearings
 Silent anti-reverse
 Comfortable ergonomic handle
 Loud clicker alarm
 Outstanding free-spool performance
 Braid Ready Design!
 2 Year StingRay Warranty!

My friend told me that the new reel just purchased had two problems: the clutch was very weak and the buzzer stopped working when he tightening the drag.

Just arrived:


After much reflection and many trials I finally realized that the reel was not dead!
Reading an old post of Alantani I realized that the braided slid on the spool, and watching the photo below we understand why this happened:


Well then I could start to concentrate on maintenance.
We start with the reel seat, where there was a thread of grease.


Cleaning and greasing:


Then we move to the left cheek, disassembly, cleaning and greasing of cheek and of clicker:


Disassembly, cleaning and lubrication of the engage system of the two speeds:


Disassembly, cleaning and greasing of the two pinions for low and high speed that unfortunately already had a flourishing of advanced rust. But eventually returned as new:


After removing the drag pack is seen that there is no the correct grease but the was dirty of oil!


The correct medicine:



Now we can move on to the sealing of the drug and push-discs:


...again in smallest pieces:


Disassemble, cleaning and greasing of bearing:


re-assembling of sub-system:


now we move on to the spool, disassembling:


Disassembling, deep cleaning and greasing of two sealed bearings of spool system:


Now disassemble right cheek, low/high speed main gear, drag-lever back system, dogs, all bearings:


Main gears:


Disassembling of Cluth bearing, cleaning and greasing:


...and the others right-side bearings:


...again another bearing, full processed:


and now...the rght-cheeck completed!


Now we can pass to Set-up

First preparation with medical tape and nylon pillow:


Joint nylon with braided = Toni Pena:


in the last 100 meters we tie a knot silk every 10 meters, leaving two small bass.
This will use it for trolling with live bait.
It helps a lot to count the meters of lenz leaving the reel.
Even if you look elsewhere, such as the depth sounder, feel the knots go under your fingers:


at the end I preferred to create a small piece of braided 60lb and to whom I made a bowline to attack the lead guardian:


Now for the calibration of the clutch.
Once you find the pre-set, you can attach a white tape on the frame and then split it each half a centimeter.
Then I measured the strength of the clutch every centimeter and then I reported the value on the white ribbon.
This will really help the customer to take confidence with the new calibration:


the same thing was done on the wheel of the pre-set:


And now in the final we can watch the curve progression of the new drag.
This is a graph in which I compared the drag without grease, the drag with the Cal's Grease and I had compared also with the progressive curve of famous TLD15:

I think that the observation of this graph allows us to do the many useful reflections.



As always I hope that my contribution will be of help to someone.
I am available for any clarification or advice.


thanks to all

[wallacewt]

thank you sir
a lot of work has gone into this tutorial
beautiful pics,

[Tightlines667]

Nice work on the tutorial.  I especially liked the drag curve graph.  No big surprises there, though it's great to have some 'hard data' representing the effect of Cal's on the drag curve.  I always though a drag curve showing drag progression with lever position would also prove useful when comparing different reel models/Belleville configs., etc.  though it seems these are rarely available.  Nice work!

[BMITCH]

Great tutorial! Nice work and great pics. A VERY  time consuming endeavor. Top draw stuff. Thanks
Bob

[alantani]

fabulous work! 

[Alto Mare]

Magnifico!... Grazie Professore!!!

Sei grande Mr Grinda .

Sal

[Rothmar2]

First Class work and meticulous attention to detail.
That reel now has many more years of service ahead of it.
Love the drag graphs!

[Mr.Grinta]

thank you sir
a lot of work has gone into this tutorial
beautiful pics,

Hi,
yes a lot of work 
Thank to you for reading and thanking!
leonard

[Mr.Grinta]

Nice work on the tutorial.  I especially liked the drag curve graph.  No big surprises there, though it's great to have some 'hard data' representing the effect of Cal's on the drag curve.  I always though a drag curve showing drag progression with lever position would also prove useful when comparing different reel models/Belleville configs., etc.  though it seems these are rarely available.  Nice work!

Many thanks!
Any reel that I cutch in my hands I must to do the progression curve drag! 
This grase improves much friction to the parting, or detachment how you want to say.
This implies also a greater safety on fish departures and on stikes.
This in my opinion and practices.
ciao
leonard

[Mr.Grinta]

Great tutorial! Nice work and great pics. A VERY  time consuming endeavor. Top draw stuff. Thanks
Bob

Hi,
many thanks I'm happy that you like this.
leonard

[Mr.Grinta]

fabulous work! 

Hi Alan,
anyone would be happy if the Master says something like that.
So I am proud of your words and I will continue with pleasure to publicare tutorial of my work on this site.
thanks
leonard

[Mr.Grinta]

Magnifico!... Grazie Professore!!!

Sei grande Mr Grinda .

Sal

Hi GREAT Sal!!!
How are you, I wish very well!
Many thanks for your words.
I would like very much to your judgment! you are one of the best
thanks
leonard

[Mr.Grinta]

First Class work and meticulous attention to detail.
That reel now has many more years of service ahead of it.
Love the drag graphs!

Hi,
nice words for me from you. I say thank a lot.
Yes I search meticuous attention to detail and I hope to achieve it.
many thanks
leonard

[Bryan Young]

great write up Mr. Grinta.  Thank you for all of the effort.

Interesting the gears and shifter mechanism is similar to John Baker Reels.

[Mr.Grinta]

great write up Mr. Grinta.  Thank you for all of the effort.

Interesting the gears and shifter mechanism is similar to John Baker Reels.

Hi Bryan,
many thank to you for your avaialability and your support!
leonard