Quote Originally Posted by fishin-fool View Post
I bought some "reel oil" when buying a new rod today. So far the Shimano seems to be working fine now after doing what Richmann said. I did the same thing to the Pflueger as well. If either start acting up again then I'll work on taking them apart and cleaning and re-applying grease.

Thanks to you both.
Depending on how old they are, they might have a screw that comes out on the rigtht side of the reel by the handle that is used for squirting grease into...........I just had the EXACT same issue with a 15 yr old symetre. To resolve the issue, I pulled that screw, and pumped in some of the red hot sauce grease..............turned the handle over a few times and pumped in some more.....that fixed the issue.

Later,

Geo