Reel Repair by Alan Tani

i service a lot of reels and get through a fair amount of oil and grease.
Getting large tubs of grease is easy but i cannot find large size bottles
of oil. I can get WD40 in large containers as well as 3in1 and light machine oil
but these types of oil are not really the best type to use unless its for the
handle
A one pint or 250ml size would be great but every one i have seen are dinky
little bottles which dont last 5 minutes.
Does anyone knowwhere i can get large bottle from and what oil is it.
I would like a UK supplier if possible

Quote from: Recoil Rob on May 20, 2019, 11:59:42 PM

Quote from: Recoil Rob on May 14, 2019, 08:40:49 PMI just found these, get a good review from some RC Model guys so I took a chance, price is right. will report when they arrive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153485946212?ul_noapp=true

They showed up today and are well made, definitely JIS, very happy.

JIS screwdrivers are essential for Japanese made reels such as the big sealine models. if you use a normal phillips or pozi there is a much higher risk of rounding the screw head. personally i change them out for stainless hex head screws and grease them up when i fit them

I'm stuck at ouch!!!  Did you have another question?

I would inspect the blank as mentioned above. Do some stress flexing of the blank and see where that flaw may be located, under a guide perhaps?  That usually is when I decide to scrap that blank or use it.

Ouch! I've done that before on old fiberglass rods that were stripped incorrectly by myself but the size of that monster. If it was going to a personal rod I would take my chances and wrap it but I'm sure others will have differing opinions. Like I said above, I've gouged some serious chunks of fiberglass out of a rod and still have and fish them. I think a lot of people are overly cautious, probably with good reasons but I fish some rods guys would never think of using. Maybe I just don't catch big enough fish 

OK another test using 90 pound hercules braid .  Loose knot to start , sprayed more Penetrate oil to make the arbor slick and the line .  Cranked it to 50 pounds and no slip.  A little hard to hold camera and crank at the same time ...

You said cheap, My guess is un sanded blank .   That splinter may be from the edge of the cut flag when it was rolled .

First off OUCH!!!  If you were rubbing with alcohol hopefully it's just something stuck in the finish that loosened up. Magnifer is a good call to see if you can find a flaw. Before wrapping it bend it and see if it brakes

I need part # 1092602 gear ,check several place they don't have it .this is a brass gear with another plastic gear push in on other side .Is there any gear similar to this.I don't mind if it go faster or slower

May be Joe have a better way to tight line to spool or may be the braid we use today is less slip than the original Spider wire . Just look at the Spider wire,it's really slippery

Carbon fiber splinters suck.  Hopefully you got all of it, cause it ain't gonna break down like a wood splinter.

-J