Pet Peeves

[Midway Tommy]

I have a couple of reel repair pet peeves and here's one of them.

While I'm well aware that graphite is a very good, slick, lubricant, nothing irritates me more when opening up a reel to do a complete restoration and service than to find that someone, at some point, decided to use graphite grease or add graphite powder to the internal lubricants. That stuff is near impossible to completely rid from all the little nooks & crannies, plus, it dirties up all my cleaning equipment.     I've only ran into it a dozen or so times but I hate that stuff!    I grit my teeth every time I come across it!      

[alantani]

you know that baby blue grease used for wheel axle bearings in boat trailers?  yeah, that stuff.......   

[Zimbass]

Worse still is that Red Hot Sauce........... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cor]

Worse still is that Red Hot Sauce........... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's that, muti...made in Harare?

[thorhammer]

When I've completely cleaned, repaired and serviced a friend's reel for free and it comes back a few months later with corrosion because they can't be bothered to at least water hose it....

[sdlehr]

Worse still is that Red Hot Sauce........... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's that, muti...made in Harare?

Quantum "Hot Sauce" is a red grease said to bond to the metal surface just as TSI-321 is said to.

[exp2000]

Left hand reels - I hatem!

It's kinda like trying to read something in a mirror?

I got caught out on a Curado a while back.

Everything worked fine till I attached the crank handle side-plate. Then the thumb bar release mechanism would lock up.

Now the Roller Clutch Bearing for Curados is beveled on one side so you know the correct orientation for assembly. But with a left hand reel, the correct orientation is actually incorrect.

It took a while for the penny to drop and I could have slapped myself when it finally did!

Doh!
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[festus]

Shimming the old Mitchell 300 spinners. 

Maybe l'm expecting too much from something 50 years old, but I can't get them to operate as smoothly as a D-A-M Quick, Shakespeare, Mitchell 308, Pfleuger or others from the same era.

[mo65]

Shimming the old Mitchell 300 spinners. 

Maybe l'm expecting too much from something 50 years old, but I can't get them to operate as smoothly as a D-A-M Quick, Shakespeare, Mitchell 308, Pfleuger or others from the same era.

   Yeah Chester...I'm afraid this issue is one even a genie can't fix. My assessment is all those straight cut gears are never going to be as smooth or quiet as helical cut gears. All in all, it's still a great design, time has proven that.

[Cor]

Worse still is that Red Hot Sauce........... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's that, muti...made in Harare?

Quantum "Hot Sauce" is a red grease said to bond to the metal surface just as TSI-321 is said to.

. ....and I thought it was some bearing lubricant supposed to make your reel spin forever

[sharkman]

Mine is spinning reels packed to the rim with grease.

[reel man]

Mine is a surf fishing reel that's been dropped in the sand

[Reel 224]

Some people bringing me reels that they tried to fix and couldn't, someone's shop attempting to fix and broke the reel. But I like a challenge, I have learned allot from the reels and guns in the past.

So I guess that's not a pet peeve  

Joe

[Dominick]

Mine is a surf fishing reel that's been dropped in the sand

Let he who has not dropped a reel in the sand, cast the first stone.  Dominick

[Reel 224]

Mine is a surf fishing reel that's been dropped in the sand

Let he who has not dropped a reel in the sand, cast the first stone.  Dominick

seems like I heard that before but in a different context.

Joe