Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Spinning Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Shakespeare => Topic started by: CincyDavid on March 02, 2026, 01:34:02 PM

Title: Another trade reel, Ted Williams VI
Post by: CincyDavid on March 02, 2026, 01:34:02 PM
It is also marked 535-414980 and an EM date stamp. Needs a good cleaning but seems intact other than that.
Title: Re: Another trade reel, Ted Williams VI
Post by: CincyDavid on March 04, 2026, 07:26:21 PM
Good grief, I opened it up and found this...
Title: Re: Another trade reel, Ted Williams VI
Post by: happyhooker on March 04, 2026, 09:17:08 PM
You are putting together some interesting reels.  Looks like the last one is a "victim" of the "goop it" method of reel lubrication (i.e, if a little lube is good, then a ton of it will be great!)

Frank
Title: Re: Another trade reel, Ted Williams VI
Post by: oldmanjoe on March 05, 2026, 12:25:22 AM
That`s a dozen reels worth of grease !