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General Maintenance Tips => General Questions and Trouble Shooting => Topic started by: Gunrunner on January 14, 2017, 10:23:43 PM

Title: Greased Reel
Post by: Gunrunner on January 14, 2017, 10:23:43 PM
Can to much grease mess up the dog on a penn 6/0
The reason I ask is I just rebuilt one and everything
Seemed fine when I put it back together but now the dog doesn't
Catch all the time I think I may have over greased
The reel can you do that any advice would be helpful
And appreciated thanx

Scott
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Cortez_Conversions on January 14, 2017, 10:30:07 PM
Quote from: Gunrunner on January 14, 2017, 10:23:43 PM
Can to much grease mess up the dog on a penn 6/0
The reason I ask is I just rebuilt one and everything
Seemed fine when I put it back together but now the dog doesn't
Catch all the time I think I may have over greased
The reel can you do that any advice would be helpful
And appreciated thanx

Scott

Too much grease could affect the dog catching the gear sleeve ratchet, especially heavy viscosity gease.
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: akfish on January 15, 2017, 12:11:52 AM
Too much grease may be the problem but it well could be that you put the dog in upside down. It's very easy to do with Penn 6/0 reels. I know this from experience...
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: alantani on January 15, 2017, 01:04:55 AM
yeah, sounds like it's flipped upside down.....   :-\
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Gunrunner on January 15, 2017, 01:34:00 AM
Thanx much for the help never thought of the
Putting the dog in upside down I dint know you
Could do that

Thanx again
Scott
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: PacRat on January 15, 2017, 08:08:13 AM
I like to keep my dogs free and a bit 'snappy' so I put a drop of light oil on each. It thins the grease and keeps them operating extra free.
-Mike
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Cor on January 15, 2017, 11:31:55 AM
Quote from: PacRat on January 15, 2017, 08:08:13 AM
I like to keep my dogs free and a bit 'snappy' so I put a drop of light oil on each. It this the grease and keeps them operating extra free.
-Mike
The only issues I ever had with my Daiwa SLOH's was the dog hanging because of grease, so no longer get grease near there with any reel.
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: handi2 on January 15, 2017, 05:53:46 PM
Quote from: PacRat on January 15, 2017, 08:08:13 AM
I like to keep my dogs free and a bit 'snappy' so I put a drop of light oil on each. It this the grease and keeps them operating extra free.
-Mike

Same here. Just before sliding the bridge over to button it up I add a drop of oil.
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Gunrunner on January 16, 2017, 05:21:50 PM
As much as I hate to say this it was rebuilders error
My dog was in upside down pretty much taking all the
Teeth out of his bite after putting it in the right way
It works like a charm again thanx for all the help guys

Scott
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Gfish on January 16, 2017, 05:46:36 PM
Sounds like a common mistake. I recall I's puzzled lookin at my 6/0 dog the first time, but had onea Allen's tutorials, which pointed it out as a easy error to make. Easy to forget little diassembly details as ya begin the rebuild, yesterday a line roller ona spinner: 2 bearings, roller, 2 washers & screw, no schematic. Just had to keep rebuildin 'till I got the roller to work best, 'cause the tiny washers looked the same but one was double the thickness, and the placement in the assembly was way diffrent twinxt the 2.
Gfish
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Bill B on January 16, 2017, 06:32:18 PM
It's the little things that will get you, I pulled a reel apart three times because the pinion would not drop back in place when the lever was thrown.....problem was I had the bridge screws switched and the yoke was hanging up on the fully threaded screws   :P....Bill
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Gunrunner on January 16, 2017, 07:13:05 PM
I don't feel so bad now guys again thanx much
For the help suggestions and encouragement

Scott
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: mizmo67 on January 19, 2017, 05:32:38 PM
Pretty sure we've all done it...part of the learning curve. :)
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Dominick on January 19, 2017, 07:44:06 PM
I never made a misstake in my life... ::)  Dominick
Title: Re: Greased Reel
Post by: Gunrunner on January 19, 2017, 08:53:06 PM
Dominick how do you pull that off the best I
Can do is state I am perfect and if I ever do
Make a mistake it will be a perfect mistake