i have a bassproshops megacast baitcasting reel. its pretty cheap but i try to maintain it by usin grease and stuff. a few days ago, i took the spool out and put grease in that little hold and put oil on the bearings. it seems kind of stiff now and i cant really flip with it too much even with the magnets all the way off. anyone know what this is? im thinkin it might be over-lubricating. in that case, how do i get rid of some of the grease the easy way?

Hey booms, yes you can over lubricate which will cause the spool not to rotate properly. What you need to do is carefully disassemble the reel, keeping the schematics in front of you, take the bearings out and soak them in a degreaser, let them dry and only put 1 small drop of reel oil on each one. Also be careful putting grease on the gears, you don't need much on those either. Alot of guys over lube their reels. I've seen this many times.

Kevin Davis

Grease is for gears, oil is for bearings.

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I'm not sure from your description where you put grease, but it doesn't belong on any spool parts. A clean/lube service is $16.20 for forum members ($18-10%).

If you do decide to try and fix the reel yourself, make sure to be extra careful when taking out and handling the bearings. They're fragile. Sometimes bearings can be damaged by something as minor as dropping them on a hard surface. Once damaged, they won't work as well as they're supposed to.

I use "Reel Scrub" to clean out the grease.

i tried taking it apart last year and got over whelmed lol i ended up putting alllll the little pieces into a bag and planned on sending it to a place to get fixed. my dad wasn't looking forward to it, but he spent that night trying to figure out how work, and assemble a baitcasting reel. that was one tough experience  haha i might end up sending them to a professional place

Where are you in Bowie?

near the texas roadhouse and melvin motors. are you familiar with the area?