I could feel grit within the reel the instant we retrieved it. I’ve taken it apart and cleaned every nook and cranny I could. Fingers crossed it’ll be ok.purple5ive wrote:Well done. But i think you can kiss that reel goodbye now as it will corrode soon unless you have washed it in freshwater when you got home..
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Service the reel and spray with wd40 that will dry all the salt up and stop from caroding
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Nice salmon by the way.
Interesting story.
Glad you got your gear back.
I lost a outfit off albert park peir once into the lake. Bonvoyage
Interesting story.
Glad you got your gear back.
I lost a outfit off albert park peir once into the lake. Bonvoyage
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R.I.P fishing reel. Only had 1 year of service. She was young, too young. Nevertheless, she made me proud.smile0784 wrote:Service the reel and spray with wd40 that will dry all the salt up and stop from caroding
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Amen
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I think I’m going to use her remains for scientific research and a dissection as I have never fully disassembled a fishing reel and seen what inside.smile0784 wrote:Lol. Just think out of the ashes will rise a new reel
(hope she doesn’t mind) :thumbsup:
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If you didn't continue using it with the sand inside after you retrieved it you should be able to save it.
Pull it all apart (take pictures if you have to) and soak it for a few hours in kerosene. Then clean off all the old grease with a paint brush and put it all together with new grease. Should be like it was.
Pull it all apart (take pictures if you have to) and soak it for a few hours in kerosene. Then clean off all the old grease with a paint brush and put it all together with new grease. Should be like it was.
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Yup it will still feel like there were sand inside it. Once the gears are damaged (or scratched) it will never be the same no matter how you clean it.KeenAds wrote:
Pull it all apart (take pictures if you have to) and soak it for a few hours in kerosene. Then clean off all the old grease with a paint brush and put it all together with new grease. Should be like it was.