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re: Spinning reels seizing after salt trip

Posted on 5/22/18 at 2:34 pm to
Posted by OverboredTgr
Member since Apr 2018
82 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 2:34 pm to
before you put it back together, dab a little vaseline on the gears and work it in.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86401 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 2:49 pm to
I've got some kind of special grease for that.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86401 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 9:50 pm to
Took both apart tonight. Both had rust under the rotor. The bad one was so corroded I gave up and tossed it. The other seemed to clean up fine. Time to buy a dedicated salt spinner.
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
7502 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 10:01 pm to
Posted by TheCurmudgeon
Not where I want to be
Member since Aug 2014
1481 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 11:30 pm to
Well you saved one at least.

Look at the Shimano NASCI. Sealed AR bearing. Great reel about $90
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86401 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:01 am to
Pretty hard to explain the rusted part. The cylinder that the long rod comes out of.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19327 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:11 am to
I've never done anything more than hose them off after a saltwater trip. When they dried I'd take off the spools to drip a little oil down the center shaft of spinning reels and by the crank and I've never had a problem with them seizing up.

Every once in a while I'll take them apart to grease the internal parts with some lightweight grease used in machine parts.
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4264 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:21 am to
DON'T soak the reels. especially if the water has been chlorinated as the chlorine will cause the rubber seals to swell up which causes the reel to either lock up or hard to turn.
Posted by TheCurmudgeon
Not where I want to be
Member since Aug 2014
1481 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 9:59 am to
that is a sleeve in the anti-reverse bearing or assembly. Spool shaft passes through it, the bearings rotate around the outside of it. When I replace an AR bearing I also replace that sleeve, total cost is like $10 for those parts.

98% of all roughness, stickiness, binding in spinning reels is dirt, sand, rust, or corrosion in the AR bearing/assembly.
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