Reel packing grease - ever try this one ?

[Fishalicious]

I recently picked up a small plunger of blue grease in Daiwa packaging. I'm going to assume that it's the same marine-grade blue grease mentioned in other posts, yes?

 

I've used a tube of Super Lube for small grease applications, but I'm not sure of it's the right stuff to pack the innards of a Penn Spinfisher.

[cptjack]

try the red bearing grease no problems for years

[Fishalicious]

whatever you do don't use the white lythium grease or whatever it was that penn was using for a while.... once wet with saltwater or even rinced it will turn to powdery clumps and grind apart your gears inside. it only takes a couple weeks.. my penn 706 started to do it and my friends slammer did it also.. i caught mine in time but his was wasted after 2-3 weeks of fishing with i. i took it apart and there were no teeth lefty on the gears and the bearings were toast too.

^^^This guy is 100% correct! Check out the mess inside this USA made 5500ss I just opened up. That white mass collected in the corner is exactly what he was talking about. This reel was submerged when my basement flooded during Sandy. Looks like I have a little work to do...

 

 

[inthered]

^^    Are you sure?  The reason I ask this comes from my own experience in forgetting things.  Might this have been a reel you may have attempted to seal with silicone?

 

I don't know that you would have greased a reel without first cleaning it; and, I don't know this for a fact, but I can imagine that silicone sealant may turn to tiny rubbery clumps from salt water.  

[Fishalicious]

^^    Are you sure?  The reason I ask this comes from my own experience in forgetting things.  Might this have been a reel you may have attempted to seal with silicone?

 

I don't know that you would have greased a reel without first cleaning it; and, I don't know this for a fact, but I can imagine that silicone sealant may turn to tiny rubbery clumps from salt water.  

While I am not the original owner of the reel, I bought it in essentially mint condition. I have never opened or serviced this reel beyond an occasional oiling of the roller and drag washer cleaning.

 

What you're seeing is the result of saltwater intrusion in the gear box from Sandy flooding mixing with the white lithium grease mentioned in ghostfish slayer's post. It is unquestionable. I may have saved the crosswind block just in time.

 

 

I'll have "after" pictures posted this weekend if I get a chance. The reel cleaned up nice.

[inthered]

I had seen what would be two different kinds of grease in it and thought, if you were like me, you had tried something that you may not have remembered. Don't be like me. 

[exp2000]

On 12/6/2012 at 10:31 AM, Fishalicious said:

^^^This guy is 100% correct! Check out the mess inside this USA made 5500ss I just opened up. That white mass collected in the corner is exactly what he was talking about. This reel was submerged when my basement flooded during Sandy. Looks like I have a little work to do...

 

 

Here in Western Australia we have had similar experience with Penn Precision Reel Grease. It also forms rocky lumps and turns to concrete. Same story wit every reel that comes in lubed with this stuff.

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Edited June 5, 2019 by TimS
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[glos]

On 11.5.2006. at 2:28 AM, eklutna said:

The best reel grease I have ever used is Synthetic Aircraft wheel bearing Grease. It is a Wide Temperature Range (WTR) Grease that displaces water.

not surprised

anything aircraft has to be, better

I would seek bearings for those, some high speed ones

[DerrickT]

On 6/5/2019 at 5:05 PM, exp2000 said:

Here in Western Australia we have had similar experience with Penn Precision Reel Grease. It also forms rocky lumps and turns to concrete. Same story wit every reel that comes in lubed with this stuff.

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I use the penn blue in all my reels.  Probably for atleast the last 5 years.  I've never seen it do that.  

Edited June 10, 2019 by DerrickT

[scoobydoo]

9 hours ago, DerrickT said:

I use the penn blue in all my reels.  Probably for atleast the last 5 years.  I've never seen it do that.  

I've seen it quite a few times....and I don't see many penn reels anymore.....I refer to it as crayola grease....as it gets like a melted crayon that hardens again.

Not sure if its from saltwater or a combination of oxidation, with the bits of oxidzed gear wear 
"dust" that emulsifies, then combines with salt...but it's no longer grease.  It's pretty hard...and smells like a crayon lol

[hunter123]

I have been using the Yamaha marine blue grease for years, never a problem.

[Sudsy]

18 mins ago, hunter123 said:

I have been using the Yamaha marine blue grease for years, never a problem.

For light greasing I use it too but..

Pack a reel with it and try in when it's near freezing out - gets way too tight for my liking

[hunter123]

20 mins ago, Sudsy said:

For light greasing I use it too but..

Pack a reel with it and try in when it's near freezing out - gets way too tight for my liking

When it gets that cold ,I'm fly fishing for trout. I use different grease for fly reels. But during the surf season from March to Nov for me it works good.

[DerrickT]

8 hours ago, scoobydoo said:

I've seen it quite a few times....and I don't see many penn reels anymore.....I refer to it as crayola grease....as it gets like a melted crayon that hardens again.

Not sure if its from saltwater or a combination of oxidation, with the bits of oxidzed gear wear 
"dust" that emulsifies, then combines with salt...but it's no longer grease.  It's pretty hard...and smells like a crayon lol

Gonna have to mess around and see what's doing it.  I would think as much as our spinners get used on the boat and then rinsed at the dock afterwards you would think one of them would have done it by now.

[DerrickT]

Now bearings on the other hand are a different story