T2DM Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Hey guys, Just been happy using these stuff and just want to share the experience. I hope it helps. From left to right: Grease for the gear set and sliding parts, Oil for the AR-B, Grease for Drag and Bantam 100 for spool bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newapti5 Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that we are not supposed to put oil or grease (or maybe only a tiny bit of them) into Shimano's AR bearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2DM Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 58 minutes ago, newapti5 said: I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that we are not supposed to put oil or grease (or maybe only a tiny bit of them) into Shimano's AR bearing? I am fully aware of the whole dry and lightly oiled AR-B, I was recommended by a trusted source to just run the AR-Bearing dry, and it didn't last (depending on the reel model) at least for me, if you ever open or disassembled a new out of the box Shimano reels you will notice that the internals are packed with some sort of grease all the way into the AR-B and you can never replicate the smoothness of a Shimano reels out of the box after a full teardown and cleaning, re-lube etc. Shimano seems to use some sort of grease from the factory that even Bantam1 can't explain, and Super Lube stuff is the closet I can compare to their factory grease. http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=29350&start=30 http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php?t=39959 All my Bantam, Chronarch, Metanium, Curado MGL 70k in my arsenal all seems to be okay with just the Bantam 100 oil in the AR-B, but for some reason my 17 Scorpion DC AR-B do well with the Super Lube Oil and quite a bit noisy (squeaky) with the Bantam 100 oil for whatever reason. I also noticed that the Super Lube Oil seems to quiet down the AR-B on all of my reels including eggbeaters. I've cleaned and re-lubricated one of my Scorpion DC, then put it in a freezer to "simulate wintertime" and the AR-B never slip, will have to wait till this coming winter to see how the super lube lubricants really performs though. Just sharing my experience that's all... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Mobasser Posted May 11, 2023 Super User Share Posted May 11, 2023 I am currently using Super Lube grease also. Seems to be good stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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