Abu Revo Inshore Maintenance question after being submerged

[Ohana]

Hello everyone!

I just joined and thanks to Alan for posting this great information.

My question may be ridiculous, but I have to ask.  I was fishing today in Newport Harbor and my Abu Garcia Revo Inshore fell into the water and was submerged for about 5 - 10 seconds.  I continued to fish with the reel, but my question is how much disassembly do I need to do to the reel to make sure that the salt water did not get to deep into the reel and should I have the reel serviced?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Kevin

[Bryan Young]

The safest answer is soak it in fresh water for 5 minutes, drain (and shake) water out, change out water and soak for another 5 minutes, and depends on whether the reel was serviced before, and what they did (greased), it may not need servicing.  If not, you may want to do a general service yourself.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=16.0

[alantani]

figure you have water in all the bearings.  they will corrode unless you open up each one (ouch)!   

[Ohana]

Thanks for the replies.

I had it serviced about 3 weeks ago, but it sounds like it would best be safe to have it serviced again due to the saltwater intrusion.

Kevin

[alantani]

this is where it helps to leave the spool bearings open and pack the non-spool bearings with grease.   

[Brewer]

I just finished my 1st revo break down. Thank you Tani and the tut. On a great explaination on Revo. 5 stars!!!!!