Penn 12/0 Proper Grease Amount

[franky]

Usually I do a lot of shoreline fishing reel servicing 6/0 and smaller reels.  Yesterday, however, I just serviced my first 12/0 senator monster trolling reel.  

It was actually fun and reminded me of playing with the kids giant tinker toy or giant Lincon log set.  Anyway, when I took the reel apart, I noticed that the person who previously serviced the reel put heeps and globs of blue grease all over the place.    I degreased everything and reinstalled everything including the bearings with grease.  Rather than globbing the entire sideplate with grease, I touched a few places with a light coat like I usually do for the 4/0 and jigmaster reels.

Is that okay, or is it better to glob on the grease?

[redsetta]

G'day franky,
A light coat is sufficient - generally speaking, enough to see your fingerprint.
However, a consistent thin coat on all surfaces is important, rather than just 'touching a few places'...
Too much grease will tend to hold grit etc.
Hope that helps.
Cheers, Justin

[Bryan Young]

Welcome to the big boyz Franky.  Lightly greased is good.  Allows salt water to exit the rel instead of getting held up in all that grease.

[JasonF]

Wow.  You screwed up bad.  Cracking open reels leads to reel servicing/customizing addictions!!