so i just cleaned my new baitcaster (lews tournament lite) after about 3 mouths of weekly use and when i used a diffrent lube by lew the reel wasnt spining like how it was before. did i damage the reel or will that where off thanks.

probably put to much lube in it.check  your settings also, you might have tightened it up.

Sounds like when you took it apart to lube, something didn't go back exactly right. I don't think you did any damage, I would take it apart again and reassemble.

1 hour ago, tander said:

Sounds like when you took it apart to lube, something didn't go back exactly right. I don't think you did any damage, I would take it apart again and reassemble.

 

 

Great advice----It's usually the spacer washers do not go back as before!

How many parts do you have left over?

By slow spinning I assume you are referring to the spool.  If you over oiled the spool bearings it will slow it down considerably. It is surprising how little oil a spool bearing can tolerate before it is over oiled.  They require a tiny, and I mean tiny drop of oil and no more.  If you have an Orvis near you, pick up a fly glue applicator plastic bottle.  They have a needle top on them with an opening smaller than a gun needle oiler and it will dispense the right drop size for a spool bearing.  Do not oil the spool shaft as it will also slow down your spool and last, with the spool removed, run a clean pipe cleaner up the pinion bearing to ensure there is no grease in there.  A clean dry spool shaft and interior of the pinion bearing into which it fits will ensure an unrestricted spin of the spool.  I have read on sites where anglers put oil on their shafts to speed them up, but it does just the opposite.

Just a few minutes of use will will allow over oiled spool bearings to shed the excess.  No worries about that.  Sounds like you got grease in there, or something isn't put back together correctly.