Greasing a reel

[RoadToad]

Thanks for all the replies. I finally took it apart yesterday, and, well, every part that was in it before is back in there. I did grease it, sparingly, and it runs really smooth now, all the roughness is gone. In both directions. At all times. **** thing has absolutely no anti-reverse at all now. I did take pictures as I took it apart, and for the life of me, I can't tell what I put in wrong. Oh well, it was a cheap reel (Avocet G1000), but it was the first one I ever bought outside of a flea market, so I wanted to keep it working if I could.

Fisherman's Factory Outlet has the next model up, a 10-bearing reel, for $25, so I think I'll replace it there.

Thanks again for the advice.

[CTFSHWHISKER]

if you put grease or too heavy of oil in the anti reverse roller bearing it will not work right,i did that to my 4600's and evrytime i set the hook,well just say the birds were flocking,had to take it back apart and clean it with carb cleaner to de grease it,re oiled it with oil and they worked like new.plus when it was below 50 degrees they would only throw about 40ft.

[DJD]

if you put grease or too heavy of oil in the anti reverse roller bearing it will not work right,i did that to my 4600's and evrytime i set the hook,well just say the birds were flocking,had to take it back apart and clean it with carb cleaner to de grease it,re oiled it with oil and they worked like new.plus when it was below 50 degrees they would only throw about 40ft.

I did the same thing on some of my old Lews...I greased the "AR Gear" and it never would fall into the gear teeth properly. You have to be careful when pulling these reels apart for sure.